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Title: The Blood Gospel (The Order of the Sanguines)
Published January 8, 2012; William Morrow
Genre: historical mystery
Opening sentences:
But a brutal attack at the site sets the three on the run, thrusting them into a race to recover what was once preserved in the tomb’s sarcophagus: a book rumored to have been written by Christ’s own hand, a tome that is said to hold the secrets to His divinity.... The answers to all go back to a secret sect within the Vatican, one whispered as rumor but whose very existence was painted for all to see by Rembrandt himself, a shadowy order known as the Sanguines. (publisher)
Another novel in the historial fiction genre of The DaVinci Code. Any takers? Would you continue reading?
Title: The Blood Gospel (The Order of the Sanguines)
Published January 8, 2012; William Morrow
Genre: historical mystery
Opening sentences:
Caesarea, Israel. Dr. Erin Granger stroked her softest brush across the ancient skull. As the dust cleared, she studied it with the yes of a scientist, noting the tiny seams of bone, the open fontanel. Her gaze evaluated the amount of callusing, judging the skull to be that of a newborn, and from the angle of the pelvic bone, a boy. (ch. 1. From an advanced reader's edition. Final copy may differ.)Book description: An earthquake in Masada, Israel, kills hundreds and reveals a tomb buried in the heart of the mountain. A trio of investigators explore the macabre discovery, a subterranean temple holding the crucified body of a mummified girl.
But a brutal attack at the site sets the three on the run, thrusting them into a race to recover what was once preserved in the tomb’s sarcophagus: a book rumored to have been written by Christ’s own hand, a tome that is said to hold the secrets to His divinity.... The answers to all go back to a secret sect within the Vatican, one whispered as rumor but whose very existence was painted for all to see by Rembrandt himself, a shadowy order known as the Sanguines. (publisher)
Another novel in the historial fiction genre of The DaVinci Code. Any takers? Would you continue reading?
This sounds a lot like the DaVinci Code, and for that reason alone, I would probably not read this one. I do hope that you enjoy it though!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of those books that I would not pick up on my own, it would have to be recommended to me, but DaVinci was recommended and I still have not read it.
ReplyDeleteDaVinci code or not... this book on its own sounds highly interesting. I guess you just have to have an interest in anthropology and history from that era to be piqued.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd continue reading....
ReplyDeleteI read about this book in my RT Magazine and have to say that I think it sounds great!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me kinda curious for more. It's a new title to me, so I'm hoping u enjoy it. Thanks so much for joining in this week.
ReplyDeleteIt really sounds a little too derivative of the Da Vinci code.
ReplyDeleteThis has gotten me to thinking, however. I found that the The Divinci Code was itself very much derivative of Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. Therefore I think that Brown would have no right to complain.
The first paragraph didn't grab me right away but I did love The Divinci Code. Maybe I'd read a few pages before deciding.
ReplyDeleteI'd keep reading for sure! I love a good historical mystery.
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