July 1209: in Carcassonne a young girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alais cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in protecting it. It will take great sacrifice and faith to keep the secret of the labyrinth safe - a secret that stretches back thousands of years to the deserts of Ancient Egypt ...July 2005: Alice Tanner stumbles upon two skeletons during an archaeological dig in the mountains outside Carcassonne. Inside the hidden tomb where the bones lie crumbling, she experiences an overwhelming sense of malevolence, as well as a creeping understanding that, however impossible it seems, she can somehow understand the mysterious ancient words carved into the rock. Too late, Alice realises she's set in motion a terrifying sequence of events that she cannot control and that her destiny is inextricably tied up with the fate of the Cathars 800 years before.

I enjoyed reading the book, although I think I have not quite understood everything concerning the nature of the grail, of the white face in the cave, etc... I had not known much about the French war against the cathars and wondered how similar the "langue d'oc" was to Spanish. I think the female characters were clearly described in the book. Especially, I identified with Alice and wished I could finally find a place like hers in "Los Seres" and live there happily forever. And I particularily liked the proverb "Pas a pas se va luènh."

RELEASE NOTES:

At the English meet up.

Such a "little" treasure hopped into my bag :)
I was longing to read the German edition for some time now, but never bought it - having way too many books already ... so I'm very happy that I caught it at the English MeetUp.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

on the shelves of the OBCZ in the No-Smoking-Room

waiting for new readers :-)

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

OBCZ Café Einstein - am shelf

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Found it in the "Einstein" -many pages waiting for me ;-). Just starting...

I hope this book has found an interested reader. After having taken some time of reading to get involved, I enjoyed the thrilling historical story with time shifts and mistery. Catching till the end!