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The Stonehenge Legacy

by Sam Christer
David Thorpe
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Eight days before the summer solstice, a man is butchered in a blood-freezing sacrifice on the ancient site of Stonehenge before a congregation of robed worshippers. Within hours, one of the world's foremost treasure hunters has shot himself in his country mansion. And to his estranged son, young archaeologist Gideon Chase, he leaves a cryptic letter. Teaming up with an intrepid policewoman, Gideon soon exposes a secret society—an ancient international legion devoted for thousands of years to Stonehenge.


With a charismatic and ruthless new leader at the helm, the cult is now performing ritual human sacrifices in a terrifying bid to unlock the secret of the stones. Packed with codes, symbology, relentless suspense, and fascinating detail about the history of one of the world's most mysterious places, The Stonehenge Legacy is a blockbuster to rival the very best of Dan Brown.

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  • Release date

    September 30, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781452624327
      • File size: 367759 KB
      • Duration: 12:46:09

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      With his commanding voice, David Thorpe creates an aura of foreboding and evil that mesmerizes listeners. Who would suspect that decent, well-respected men from all walks of life, robed and hooded, could participate in bloodcurdling sacrifices thousands of years old with no mercy for anyone who might interrupt their solstice worship? Thorpe dramatically brings listeners into a world of ancient rituals, murder carried out by a secret society that honors "the ancients," and a race against time to cut short a ruthless plot to sacrifice the U.S. vice president's daughter. Before he shoots himself, archaeologist millionaire Gideon Chase gets his affairs in order, leaving behind an enigmatic letter and coded diaries for his estranged son to discover. Thorpe builds the tension as the plot thickens and the mystery unravels, revealing the secret of the stones. B.J.P. (c) AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 15, 2011
      Stonehenge, a popular venue for historical conspiracy thrillers, looms large in Christer’s intriguing first novel. At the Sanctuary, a vast, secret underground cathedral that lies several miles from Stonehenge, robed men known as the Followers enact 5,000-year-old rituals, including human sacrifice. One day, Nathaniel Chase, a retired professor who lives in a 17th-century mansion near the ancient site, writes a letter using a vintage fountain pen and antique inkwell to his estranged son, Gideon, then puts a WWI revolver to his temple and fires. When Gideon, a Cambridge professor, visits his father’s home after this tragedy, a mysterious intruder almost kills him. Det. Insp. Megan Baker, who investigates the attack on Gideon, must sift through the facts of several present-day crimes in light of past myths. The stakes rise after the Followers kidnap the U.S. vice president’s party-girl daughter. Christer does a nice job integrating secret diaries, codes, hooded monks, and historical detail into the abduction plot.

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  • English

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