Sanctus - Couverture souple

Toyne, Simon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007391587 ISBN 13 : 9780007391585

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2011

Synopsis

Un moine s'échappe du monastère de la Citadelle pour se jeter du haut de la montagne. C'est le début d'un combat à mort entre deux communautés: les Sancti, qui vivent dans la Citadelle, et les Mala. Car pour eux, l'heure de la prophétie a sonné. À qui profitera-t-elle? Sera-t-elle porteuse de la Révélation ou de destruction? Liv Adamsen, la soeur du jeune moine venue l'identifier, se retrouve prise dans cette guerre sans merci. Traquée, menacée, elle va devoir percer les secrets de la Citadelle. Qu'est-ce que le Sacrement,caché si jalousement par les Sancti depuis la nuit des temps? Le découvrir peut sauver Liv... ou lui coûter la vie.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The bestselling thriller debut of 2011 the apocalyptic conspiracy thriller that has set the world alight...

REVELATION OR DEVASTATION?

The certainties of the modern world are about to be blown apart by a three thousand year-old conspiracy nurtured by blood and lies ...

A man throws himself to his death from the oldest inhabited place on the face of the earth, a mountainous citadel in the historic Turkish city of Ruin. This is no ordinary suicide but a symbolic act. And thanks to the media, it is witnessed by the entire world.

But few understand it. For charity worker Kathryn Mann and a handful of others in the know, it is what they have been waiting for. The cowled and secretive fanatics that live in the Citadel suspect it could mean the end of everything they have built and they will kill, torture and break every law to stop that. For Liv Adamsen, New York crime reporter, it begins the next stage of a journey into the heart of her own identity.

And at that journey's end lies a discovery that will change EVERYTHING ...

SANCTUS is an apocalyptic conspiracy thriller like no other it re-sets the bar for excitement and fascination, and marks the debut of a major talent in Simon Toyne.

Quatrième de couverture :

One man’s sacrifice shocks the world . . .

One woman’s courage threatens a conspiracy as old as humankind . . .

And some will do anything—anything—to keep their secrets in the dark.

Sanctus

A man climbs a cliff face in the oldest inhabited place on earth, a mountain known as the Citadel, a Vatican-like city-state that towers above the city of Ruin in modern-day Turkey. But this is no ordinary ascent. It is a dangerous, symbolic act. And thanks to the media, it is an event witnessed by the entire world.

Few people understand its consequence. But for foundation worker Kathryn Mann and a handful of others, it’s evidence that a revolution is at hand. For the Sancti, the cowled and secretive monks who live inside the Citadel, it could mean the end of everything they have built. They will stop at nothing to keep what is theirs, and they will break every law in every country and even kill to hold it fast. For American reporter Liv Adamsen, it spurs the memory of the beloved brother she lost years before, setting her on a journey across the world and into the heart of her own identity.

There, she will make a discovery so shocking that it will change everything. . . .

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0007391587
• ISBN 13: 9780007391585
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400