Tom Knox

High-concept adventure thriller set in Egypt and Cornwall. What connects a lost hoard of ancient religious texts with a revival in satanic rituals? In the sands of Egypt, scattered fragments of an ancient treasure blow on the desert winds...The Sokar Hoard, supposedly the most valuable religious artefact since the Gnostic Gospels or the Dead Sea Scrolls, has been lost for millennia. Written in an obscure Coptic dialect, rumoured to contain earth-shattering revelations about the nature of religion, it has been obsessively hidden from the sight of man. Holy men who have read the contents have gone mad and tried to destroy it, or themselves. Meanwhile, in Cornwall's remote western moorlands, where abandoned mine shafts crumble into the sea, evidence of horrible rituals have come to light, rituals that bizarrely appear to have Coptic connections. DI Karen Trevithick, returning to her native Cornwall after the death of her mother, finds herself caught up in this unsettling mystery. Amid political turmoil in Egypt, scholar Ryan Harpur, adventurer Helen Fassbinder, and antiquarian Albert Hanna must piece together the puzzle of the Hoard. The future of the Middle East - maybe even the entire world - could rest on what the Sokar Hoard contains.

A gripping high-concept thriller for fans of Dan Brown and Sam Bourne. In the sunburnt deserts of eastern Turkey, archaeologists are unearthing a stone temple, the world's most ancient building. When Journalist Rob Luttrell is sent to report on the dig, he is intrigued to learn that someone deliberately buried the site 10,000 years ago. Why? Meanwhile, in London, a bizarre attack is baffling the police. When a weird killing takes place on the Isle of Man, followed by another in rural Dorset, DC Mark Forrester begins to discern a curious pattern in these apparently random murders. What weaves together these two stories is the Genesis Secret: a revelation so shocking it may threaten the social structure of the world. Only one man knows the secret, and he is intent on destroying the evidence before it can be uncovered. Spanning the globe from the ruined castles of Ireland to the desolate wastes of Kurdistan, Tom Knox's intense and compelling thriller weaves together genuine historical evidence, scientific insights and Biblical mysteries into an electrifying tale that grips the reader mercilessly from beginning to end.

En Estados Unidos, un joven hereda un millón de dólares de su abuelo y, para recibirlos, tendrá que emprender un arriesgado viaje al pasado de su familia. Mientras tanto, en Europa se sucede una cadena de bárbaros asesinatos. En Londres desaparece un brillante científico y, con él, las notas de sus extraordinarios experimentos. Todos estos acontecimientos están unidos por una maldición bíblica, los secretos de los agotes, una de las «razas malditas» de la península Ibérica y una terrible amenaza destinada a cambiar el futuro del mundo. Desde los remotos valles pirenaicos y sus misteriosas iglesias y los tenebrosos castillos de las élites de las SS, hasta los desiertos de Namibia, escenario de las últimas investigaciones sobre el origen del hombre, Tom Knox desgrana una trama que no elude la polémica y vuelve a demostrar que es un maestro a la hora de combinar la acción con la investigación.

A gripping high-concept thriller for fans of Dan Brown and Sam Bourne from the author of The Genesis Secret and The Marks of Cain. In the silent caves of deepest France, young archaeologist Julia Kerrigan unearths an ancient skull, with a hole bored through the forehead. After she reveals her discovery, her colleague is killed in suspicious circumstances. Meanwhile, in the jungles of south-east Asia photographer Jake Thurby is offered a curious assignment by a beautiful and determined Cambodian lawyer who is investigating finds at the mysterious 2000-year-old Plain of Jars. Finds which the authorities have gone to great lengths to keep secret. No one knows why. Back in England, an aged professor has been brutally and elaborately murdered. The murder remains unsolved. As the archaeologist, lawyer and photographer pursue their separate quests to discover the truth, an underlying pattern begins to emerge, which connects these far-flung events in the most terrifying and unimaginable way. And it soon becomes clear that those who seek to unlock the compelling puzzle will be risking very much more than their lives

Un thriller trepidante que parte de uno de los descubrimientos arqueológicos más impactantes de los últimos años: Gobleki Tepe, el templo más antiguo del mundo, erigido en el corazón de Turquía, que, construido hace más de doce mil años, fue vuelto a sepultar dos mil años después. Mientras el periodista Rob Luttrell realiza un reportaje sobre el yacimiento y sus misterios se produce una oleada de violentísimos asesinatos en distintos puntos de Inglaterra. El templo y los crímenes tienen una conexión que se remonta al origen mismo de la civilización. Inmejorable combinación de historia, hallazgos arqueológicos y enigmas bíblicos en una trama electrizante que mantendrá al lector expectante en todo momento.