Synopsis (from book cover):
Humanity’s most ancient secret is about to be revealed…
In the sunburned 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?
Only one man knows the secret – a secret so shocking it may threaten the social structure of the world – and he is intent on destroying the evidence before it can be recovered.
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.
Review:
The book is an adventure story in the style of Indiana Jones, which cleverly intertwines two plots. One thread being based in Turkey around the site of the archaeological dig in Gobekly Tepe and the other thread starts off in the UK. The story covers secret cults/societies, live sacrifices and the different religions that were followed around the Gobekly Tepe region, but above all it is a murder mystery.
The book has many twists and turns, just when you think you have figured it out and are one step ahead of the author, you realise you weren’t because the story reveals something quite different to what you were expecting.
I loved the historical background to the book and it worked well as a mystery story, definately a page turner for me. So what was the Genesis Secret? For that you will have to read the book 
For details on the archaeological dig that inspired the novel, please see my previous post.
I suppose the secret to figuring out the beginning is to understand how it corresponds to the end.
There was definitely a bit of that in this book.
Fascinating. I shall read up on it!
I would be interested to know what you think.
Oooooooooooh !!!! Sounds a good one.
Will have to request this from the mobile library on Monday!
I am sure you will enjoy it
Sounds good. I enjoyed the Da Vinci Code because it was a page turner too.
Fascinating article about the archaeological site too.
If you enjoyed the Da Vinci Code you will like this one
Nothing to do with Lilith, is it?
Lilith didn’t feature no, but some very unsavory characters did.
Right, that’s it: you’ve sold it to me! Off to put in an order. Thanks, Cherie.
I hope you enjoy it, you will have to let me know.
PS Although I do hope he writes better than Dan Brown (not difficult) …
I only read the one Dan Brown, I thought all the other stories seemed to follow the same formula as the first so gave them a miss.