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The discovery of mysterious artefacts in Tibetan is debunked by experts. Tech giant Linguistics knows it is the key to total control of the human race. Lance Michener’s father was killed when he tried to expose Linguistics. Now, it’s up to Lance and a rag-tag team to finish the mission.
Reminds one of not just the Indiana Jones series, but also of Dan Brown and Wilbur Smith books.
Chicky Kadambari
Douglas is well on his way to creating an action-thriller oeuvre of his own.
Roshmi Sinha
Fast paced and very difficult to put down.
Omstavan Samant
1938: A cave-expedition to the remote borders of China and Tibet unearths enigmatic discs that are believed to be of extra-terrestrial origin. But their discovery is quickly squashed and erased from official records.
The Cold War Era: The Americans are desperately looking for a Soviet scientist who can bring them up to speed on a top-secret Soviet find.
2015: Linguistics, Inc. unveils the Linguistics Band – a prosthesis for speech – and an enthralled human race laps up the revolutionary thought-to-speech communication technology.
After his father is killed while trying to expose Linguistics’ diabolical intentions, Lance Michener wants to shut down the Linguistics network before the damage is total and irreversible.
On a remote South Pacific island, Ivonne Prideux uncovers incredulous evidence of extra-terrestrial contact with the indigenous people. In modern-day Egypt, an excavation of the ‘Heretic’s Tomb’ in the Valley of the Kings is purported to be an elaborate hoax. But could the two independent discoveries be linked? What is the secret message of the heretic scribe?
Everything points to the mythical Book of Thoth – the Book of Wisdom of the Gods, a gift from the gods, which allegedly contains the blueprint for languages of the past, present and future. If Linguistics gets hold of the ‘Book’, its secrets will be wielded for total control.
The race is on… and the fate of the human race is in the balance.
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Impressions of Egypt is a non-fiction travelogue.
My visit influenced the third act of my novel, Secret of the Scribe.In November of 2010, I visited Egypt. I was fascinated and humbled by its history and culture. This book is about the emotions and impressions that can only be experienced when you bask in the glorious Mediterranean sun in Alexandria, are belittled by the pyramids at Giza, come to terms with the engineering feat of relocating Abu Simbel, appreciate the grandeur of the museum-city of Luxor and relive the romance of the Nile.
My visit influenced the third act of my novel, Secret of the Scribe.