The Babylon Rite

by Tom Knox

The new high-concept thriller from Tom Knox, which weaves together past and present terrors in an intense page-turner

If you dig up hell, you uncover evil…

Edinburgh: a famous Templar historian dies mysteriously at the Rosslyn chapel, setting journalist Adam Blackwood on a quest for the truth to the Templar sites of Europe. Meanwhile, in London, several young people from the international party set commit suicide in very bizarre circumstances.

Peru: Ten thousand miles away, anthropologist Jess Silverton is digging up the world’s most terrifying ancient civilization: the Moche, a people mired in blood ritual and human sacrifice. But it seems that their ancient practices may not be entirely buried and forgotten…

The Amazon: Adam and Jess will both be thrown into mortal danger as it emerges that the suicides, the Templars and the sinister rituals of the Moche are all linked by a chilling secret – the secret that, quite literally, kills.

• ISBN13: 9780007344055
• Publish Date: 16 February 2012
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 480
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[viking2917]

Jess Silverton is an archaeologist investigation the Moche culture, replete with ritual torture, sacrifice and cannibalism, pornographic pottery, and sex with dead people. Adam Blackwood is investigating a mystery involving the Knights Templar. Mayhem ensues. The quintessential beach book (at least for me), combining true history, current events, and a body count that won't quit. Dan Brown on speed, or steroids, or *something*. Not high literature but good messy fun.