For those who waited a bit too long the new adventures in the realm of religious thriller alongside the courageous employees of ARKANE - The Arkane Religious Knowledge and Numinous Experience Institute - the very knowledgeable and talented J.F.Penn just wrote a short story inspired by the series.
Although less than 50-page long, Soldiers of God convenes the spirit and the thrilling ambiance of the usual stories featured in the series. A mysterious document is found by one of the employees of the institute in Vatican, while setting up the details of an AI-enhanced search engine for the Catholic Church, aimed at scanning important old documents. The document trace down an old secret of the Templars whose whereabout are resting in a secret hiding under the streets of Paris. Resting as in taking a nap, but their role in an incoming story can only be guessed as for now.
With her unique art to create suspense while sharing well-researched information about old rituals and religious practices, J.F.Penn takes the reader into a journey where dangers do have a lifethreatening disruptiveness. Although in the case of Soldiers of God, after proving the veracity of the facts described in the document, there is no crime or kidnapping happening, one can feel the mysterious dangers in the air.
I just hope it will not take too long until a new Arkane book will be ready. I miss already the challenges, action and the intricate centuries old stories.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered by the author in exchange for an honest review but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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