The Nosferatu Scroll

The Nosferatu Scroll

E-Book
3.01

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Beschreibung

A race-against-time conspiracy thriller with a deadly twist from the bestselling author of The First Apostle.

BOHEMIA, 1741
On the northern banks of the Vltava River, an extraordinary event is taking place. Inside a private chapel, a high-born Hungarian lady is being laid to rest. But not before her heart is removed from her body, and she is buried beneath a layer of heavy stones -- lest she rise again to prey upon her victims.

VENICE, 2010
Holidaying in the world's most beautiful city, Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis discover a desecrated tomb. Inside it is a female skeleton and an arcane diary dating back hundreds of years. Written in Latin, it references a scroll that will provide an answer to an ancient secret. Soon corpses of young women, all killed in the same ritualistic manner, start appearing throughout the city. And when Angela disappears, Bronson knows that he must find her before she too is slaughtered.

But Bronson's hunt for Angela leads him back to the Island of the Dead, and into a conspiracy more deadly than he could ever have imagined.
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483
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8.60 €

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Mind you: I only read the fourth book, because my parents bought it for me in England and thought I might like it. Which I did. To my own surprise, I must add, so: Sorry, Mr. Becker, I underestimated you and judged your book before I started reading it. Here is what I expected: The book was written at the end of the 20th century. And it has a male, police-man protagonist. I thought that I would get a looot of: All the women are sexy but stupid, and the protagonist is a broken, pseudo-nice hero-type guy. The story would be okayish but probably boring. That's not true! I honestly have no idea how the women looked because they didn't have much description (which is good!). And they were far from stupid. Angela, the female half-protagonist, was surprisingly intelligent and strongwilled. After she was kidnapped, she first of all tried to gain as much information as possible, asked questions and was clever enough not to provoke her kidnappers which is such. An. Annoying. Trope. Bronson was actually REALLY nice and definitly not the perfect with everything guy. He admitted that he was only an average shooter (and that was actually shown in the novel) and relied more on brains than on muscles. He wasn't the one and only hero of the day but I won't spoil anything. The story itself had some interesting, inspiring details which I enjoyed. The beginning was extremly catching but got a bit boring around the mid. Which is the biggest reason for the 3-star-rating. The writing style was okay and good enough to read. Overall a nice read. Not something for fans of great action or a VERY surprising story, but I still enjoyed reading it and might take a look into the first books of the series!

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