Sanctus: 1 (Sanctus Trilogy) - Softcover

Toyne, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062038311 ISBN 13: 9780062038319

Publisher: Harper, 2012

Synopsis

"If a thriller has to be one thing it's thrilling, and Simon Toyne's Sanctus is thrilling with bells on....A roller coaster ride through a dark world of conspiracy and betrayal."
--Paul Christopher, author of The Templar Conspiracy

If you are a fan of top-notch conspiracy fiction that keeps you up late nights turning pages--if the bestselling novels of Steve Berry, James Rollins, Dan Brown, Raymond Khoury, and Chris Kuzneski make your heart race faster--then remember the name Simon Toyne! Already a smash instant bestseller in the United Kingdom ("Intriguing and engaging...[with a] relentless pace" The Sun) Toyne's Sanctus is, quite simply, one of the most extraordinary conspiracy thriller debuts in many years. In this electrifying, nonstop adventure, a young newspaper reporter, driven by the memory of her lost brother, uncovers a dark secret nurtured for 3,000 years by blood and lies by adherents of an ancient, unknown religion in a Vatican-like citadel hidden away for millennia from unwelcomed prying eyes.

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Review:

"["Sanctus"] might turn out to be the next great cliffhanger conspiracy thriller."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"A huge, bold thriller, "Sanctus" is a bloody, twistedly perverse story about a battle against a secretive group of heretical, conspiring monks . . . . the most engaging writing I've read in months."--San Jose Mercury News

"[A] cool, confident debut. A talented new writer who instinctively grasps the broad rules of superior action thrillers and adapts them with pace, grace, humour and a keen eye for cinematic effect."--Daily Telegraph (London)

"Hard to think of it as a debut, better to think of it as the beginning of a massive new adventure, and a so-long to Dan Brown. . . ."--The Daily Mirror (UK)

"When you read "Sanctus", you'll see just how frightening, ruthless and relentlessly entertaining an order of monks can be. Haunting in the best way."--Brad Meltzer, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Inner Circle"

"When you read "Sanctus," you'll see just how frightening, ruthless and relentlessly entertaining an order of monks can be. Haunting in the best way."--Brad Meltzer, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Inner Circle"

Remarkable . . . Its just one more page, one more chapter urgency keeps you reading into the night, and the final revelation of the Citadel s secret is haunting. --Library Journal (starred review) on "Sanctus""

When you read "Sanctus," you ll see just how frightening, ruthless and relentlessly entertaining an order of monks can be. Haunting in the best way. --Brad Meltzer, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Inner Circle""

["Sanctus"] might turn out to be the next great cliffhanger conspiracy thriller. --Fort Worth Star-Telegram"

[A] cool, confident debut. A talented new writer who instinctively grasps the broad rules of superior action thrillers and adapts them with pace, grace, humour and a keen eye for cinematic effect. --Daily Telegraph (London)"

From the Back Cover:

In the oldest inhabited place on earth, atop a mountain known as the Citadel, a Vatican-like city-state towers above the city of Ruin in modern-day Turkey. Now, thanks to media coverage of a climber's assent, the eyes of the whole world are on a group that has prized its secrets above all things. For the Sancti--the monks living inside the Citadel--this could mean the end of everything they have built and protected for millennia . . . and they will stop at nothing to keep what is theirs.

For American reporter Liv Adamsen, driven by the memory of a tragic loss, an earth-shaking discovery awaits that will change everything . . .

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062038311
• ISBN 13: 9780062038319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608