I'm pleased to be reading the follow-up to "The Devil's Prayer" such an excellent story continued. This book is set out differently than most novels in that this one is like a history of what happened when Siobhan and her sister Jess each strive to be the one to release pages from the Devil's Prayer - one to save humankind, the other to condemn them to Hell.
This book is different from the previous one in that it contains photographs of the physical locations of places within the story. I couldn't decide whether this detracted or enhanced the story, because I changed my mind depending on how I felt at the time of reading.
"If I wish to leave a message for you, I will leave it under the skull you chose. You can do the same for me. We will meet again on the 24th of April at 11 a.m. We will only speak when we are kneeling down in prayer in front of the two skulls."
I received an e-ARC of this novel through NetGalley. I am delighted to provide a fair and honest review. NetGalley does not allow for paid reviews.
4/5 Stars
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On 06/06/06, the world’s population crossed 6.66 billion. Any further increase could only occur at the cost of other species and future generations.
This triggered the Devil’s Game. A Treasure Hunt for the twelve missing pages of the Devil’s Bible, which hold the Devil’s Prayer. A game designed for Jess Russo, the daughter of the Devil, to unleash Armageddon. Each page Jess finds encourages people to be selfish. To hoard for themselves and theirs, wiping out every chance future generations and all other species have of survival. Only her elder sister Siobhan can stop her, by finding the pages of the Devil’s Prayer hidden across the globe before Jess does.
When the bells of Amalfi Cathedral toll twelve repeatedly one night, Inspector Luca Reginalli races to find four ancient frescoes and a note in a jade sarcophagus. The cryptic note offering the Twelfth Page of the Devil’s Prayer in exchange for Siobhan goes viral. The treasure hunter Siobhan becomes the hunted.
From the Templars of Tomar to the Doomsday Chest in London, from the Tomb of Amir Timur to the Shadowless Pagoda of Wuhan, Siobhan and Reginalli follow the trail of carnage left by each page of the Devil’s Prayer.
Can they save the world from its own destruction?
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