The
Reincarnationist
by
M.J. Rose
A bomb in
Rome, a
flash of
bluish-white
light, and
photojournalist
Josh Ryder's
world
exploded.
From that
instant
nothing
would ever
be the same.
As Josh
recovers,
his mind is
increasingly
invaded with
thoughts
that have
the emotion,
the
intensity,
the
intimacy
of memories.
But they are
not his
memories.
They are
ancient—and
violent. A
battery of
medical and
psychological
tests can't
explain
Josh's
baffling
symptoms.
And the
memories
have an
urgency he
can't
ignore—pulling
him to save
a woman
named
Sabina—and
the
treasures
she is
protecting.
But who is
Sabina?
Desperate
for answers,
Josh turns
to the
world-renowned
Phoenix
Foundation—a
research
facility
that
scientifically
documents
cases of
past life
experiences.
His findings
there lead
him to an
archaeological
dig and to
Professor
Gabriella
Chase, who
has
discovered
an ancient
tomb—a tomb
with a
powerful
secret that
threatens to
merge the
past with
the present.
Here, the
dead call
out to the
living, and
murders of
the past
become
murders of
the present.
Reviews:
From Publishers Weekly
-
Starred
Review. Best known as an author of
erotic thrillers, Rose (Lip Service)
delves into religious myth and past-life
discovery in her well-paced ninth novel.
In present-day Rome, a terrorist bomb
explosion triggers flashbacks of
pre-Christian Italy in photographer Josh
Ryder. Josh experiences the memories as
Julius, a pagan priest defending the
sacrosanct monuments of his gods and the
life of his vestal virgin lover against
the emperor-mandated onslaught of
Christianity in A.D. 391. Six months
later, Josh has teamed with the Phoenix
Foundation, an institute specializing in
past-life memories in children, to
explore a newly excavated tomb that may
contain pagan memory stones that incite
past-life regressions and will, by
proving the existence of reincarnation,
challenge the church. The stakes rise
after it becomes clear that dangerous
outside forces also want the stones. In
a series of memory lurches, the
narratives of Josh and Julius slowly
wind together to reveal a Da Vinci
Code–esque tale of intrigue that's
more believably plotted and better meets
its ambitions than Dan Brown's
ubiquitous book. (Sept.)
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From Library Journal -
Starred
Review. The exploding bomb in Rome
that nearly took news photographer Josh
Ryder's life triggered in him a series
of wildly strange historical flashbacks.
Determined to find the cause, he turned
to the New York-based Phoenix
Foundation, a scientific group dedicated
to the possibilities of reincarnation.
Memories of his past lives in ancient
Rome as Julius, a pagan priest in a
desperate mission to save his love, and
in Victorian New York as Percy Talmage,
son of the Phoenix Foundation founder,
haunt Josh as he tries to bring his
episodes under control. The foundation's
interest in the excavation of a
fourth-century tomb sends him back to
Rome. But at the tomb, the Memory Stones
are stolen, flinging Josh and
archaeology professor Gabriella Chase
into a race to recover these powerful
artifacts. Rose's engrossing thriller
effortlessly leaps to and fro through
the centuries. Dramatic suspense and
intriguing characters expertly set the
stage for this first in a series.
Strongly recommended for all popular
fiction collections.
About the Author:
M.J. Rose,
an
international bestselling author, is the
author of eight previous novels,
including Lip Service and three
titles in the Butterfield Institute
series: The Halo Effect, The Delilah
Complex and The Venus Fix.
She's also the coauthor of two
nonfiction books on marketing. Rose is
on the board of directors of the
International Thriller Writers and lives
in Connecticut.
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