The Lost Goddess A Novel

by Knox, Tom

• ISBN13: 9780452298989
• ISBN10: 0452298989
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-12-24
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

"A globetrotting adventure with shades of Dan Brown and Indiana Jones." - Suspense Magazine In the silent caves of deepest France, young archaeologist Julia Kerrigan unearths an ancient skull with a hole bored through the forehead. Shortly after, her mentor is brutally murdered-by a seemingly supernatural killer. Meanwhile, in the jungle of Southeast Asia, photographer Jake Thirby undertakes a mysterious assignment for a beautiful Cambodian lawyer who is investigating mysterious findings at the two-thousand-year-old Plain of Jars. Linking the two is a strange, demonic woman-dazzling in her physical prowess and unstoppable in her hunger for vengeance. A seductive blend of global adventure, gothic horror, and ripped-from-the-headlines science, The Lost Goddessis an edge-of-your-seat thriller with shocking revelations on the history of human violence and guilt.

Author Biography

 Tom Knox is the pseudonym of the journalist Sean Thomas. He has traveled the globe writing for a variety of publications, including The Times (London), The Guardian, and The Daily Mail. He lives in London.