The Last Testament

THE LAST TESTAMENT
By Sam Bourne
Released 2nd July

More Readable than the Da vinci Code – the same sense of menace is darker and the characters more believable’ Esquire.
The new, brilliantly high-concept religious conspiracy-theory thriller from the author of ‘The Righteous Men’, set against the backdrop of the world’s bitterest conflict. April 2003: as the Baghdad Museum of Antiquities is looted, a teenage Iraqi boy finds an ancient clay tablet in a long-forgotten vault. He takes it and runs off into the night!

Several years later, at a peace rally in Jerusalem, the Israeli prime minister is about to sign a historic deal with the Palestinians. A man approaches from the crowd and seems to reach for a gun — bodyguards shoot him dead. But in his hand was a note, one he wanted to hand to the prime minister. The shooting sparks a series of tit-for-tat killings which could derail the peace accord.

Washington sends for trouble-shooter and peace negotiator Maggie Costello, after she thought she had quit the job for good. She follows a trail that takes her from Jewish settlements on the West Bank to Palestinian refugee camps, where she discovers the latest deaths are not random but have a distinct pattern. All the dead men are archaeologists and historians — those who know the buried secrets of the ancient past. Menaced by fanatics and violent extremists on all sides, Costello is soon plunged into high-stakes international politics, the worldwide underground trade in stolen antiquities and a last, unsolved riddle of the Bible.

What Enchanted Entertainment Thought…

Wow! What can we say about this book? It is definately up there in the same league as the Davinci Code and brings a whole lot more to the table. If you enjoy dark, enegimatic books that you just can’t put down then grab yourself a copy of The Last Testament ASAP! It won’t dissapoint and you will find yourself drawn into the world of the characters involved, desperate to solve each piece of the puzzle alongside them as this wonderful story unfolds page by page.

One of this years Top 10 Must read books!
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