Ancient Passages - J. M. Pence

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Résumé :
Where ancient myths echo through crumbling ruins and long-forgotten gods lurk in the shadow some legends refuse to die... Michael Rempart never expected to become a guardian. But after the devastating events in Russia, his ten-year-old half-sister Zoe is all he has left-and she carries shadows he cannot explain. She speaks of things she should not know. She dreams of voices that are not her own. And someone is watching. Desperate to protect her from the influence of their alchemist father, Michael retreats to the ancestral Rempart estate on Cape Cod. But Zoe does not belong in its polished halls-or in the private school meant to make her ordinary. The darkness that touched her mother has not released its hold. A cryptic lead draws Michael to a remote Sicilian village steeped in the myths of Persephone and the underworld. There he meets Eden Burrows, a brilliant scholar obsessed with decoding the Voynich Manuscript-a book long rumored to conceal the ultimate alchemical secret. Not gold. Immortality. As Michael and Eden begin to unravel the manuscript's hidden structure, he realizes the truth is more dangerous than legend. The philosopher's stone is not metaphor. It is a method. And someone has been guiding them toward it. Manipulation tightens like a vice. Zoe's condition worsens. And Michael begins to understand that every step he has taken may have been part of a design far older-and far more personal-than he imagined. From the haunted coasts of Cape Cod to the sun-bleached ruins of Sicily, Ancient Passages is a sweeping occult action-thriller of forbidden knowledge, corrupted legacy, and a battle for the soul of a child-and the future of mankind. Book FIVE of the Ancient Secrets Series: Where the past is buried... but never dead. From hidden relics to forbidden knowledge, the Ancient Secrets novels follow archaeologist Michael Rempart across continents as he uncovers mysteries history tried to erase-each tied to alchemy, ancient power, and dark forces that refuse to remain buried. Perfect for Readers Who LoveArchaeological thrillers with global stakes Ancient mysteries rooted in real history Alchemy, relics, and forbidden knowledge Supernatural suspense with dark undertones High-intensity adventures spanning past and present About the Ancient Secrets books: ...occult secrets centuries old and mortally dangerous to explore... Highly recommended. -Hellnotes Vampires, demons, history, alchemy, globe-trotting characters that don't let you down, and a smattering of romance. This series has it all....

Biographie:
J.M. Pence is an award-winning, USA Today best-selling author.For more information, visit jmpence.com....

Sommaire:
Where ancient myths are history... and long-forgotten gods still guard their greatest secrets. For more than five centuries, scholars, master codebreakers-even supercomputers-have tried to decipher the mysterious Voynich Manuscript. They have all failed. Archaeologist Michael Rempart thought the nightmare surrounding his alchemist father had finally ended. Instead, Claude Rempart has uncovered the one thing history believed impossible-a key to the legendary manuscript rumored to contain the ultimate alchemical secret. Not the making of gold: The conquest of death itself. Seeking refuge for himself and his young half-sister, Zoe, Michael travels to Sicily, where an archaeological excavation searches for the buried remains of an ancient Greek city near the legendary gateway to Hades. There he meets Eden Burrows, a brilliant linguist whose fascination with the Voynich Manuscript draws her into Claude's deadly scheme. But the manuscript reveals a truth no one expected. Its strange symbols are not an unbreakable code. They are a forgotten language-one that predates the ancient Greeks and is still understood by beings older than mankind itself. As Claude's obsession with immortality drives him ever closer to unlocking its terrible secret, Michael must unravel a legacy stretching back centuries, confront the terrifying truth hidden within his own bloodline, and stop a man willing to sacrifice anyone-even his own family-to conquer death. From the haunted coasts of Cape Cod to the sun-bleached ruins of Sicily, Ancient Passages is a sweeping occult action-thriller that blends archaeology, Greek mythology, alchemy, and one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries into a breathtaking race to uncover a secret buried since the dawn of civilization. Ancient Passages is a sweeping occult action-thriller of forbidden knowledge, corrupted legacy, and a battle for the soul of a child-and the future of mankind. Book FIVE of the Ancient Secrets Series: Where the past is buried... but never dead. From hidden relics to forbidden knowledge, the Ancient Secrets novels follow archaeologist Michael Rempart across continents as he uncovers mysteries history tried to erase-each tied to alchemy, ancient power, and dark forces that refuse to remain buried. Perfect for Readers Who LoveArchaeological thrillers with global stakes Ancient mysteries rooted in real history Alchemy, relics, and forbidden knowledge Supernatural suspense with dark undertones High-intensity adventures spanning past and present About the Ancient Secrets books: ...occult secrets centuries old and mortally dangerous to explore... Highly recommended. -Hellnotes Vampires, demons, history, alchemy, globe-trotting characters that don't let you down, and a smattering of romance. This series has it all....