The Tower

By Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Book Overview

Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Tower is a modern thriller solving an ancient mystery.

AD 70. A ferocious, mysterious force hidden in a solitary tower annihilated a squad of Roman soldiers advancing through the Sahara desert. There was a single survivor: the Etruscan diviner Avile Vipinas, who later described the horror of the creature in the tower and suggested how it could be destroyed.

Nearly 2,000 years later, to find the tower and solve its unutterable mystery, three men venture into the heart of the Sahara: an archaeologist following the traces of his father, a colonel from the Foreign Legion thirsting for revenge, and a priest who puts his faith to the ultimate test.

Just what is the dark being that slumbers in the tower?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447276701
• ISBN13: 9781447276708
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Pan Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Exciting

I can only presume some previous reviewers,are either not very intelligent or have not read the book properly.There are no aliens in the book,just the degenarate descendants of a once highly civilised people. The story has a great mystery at its core,a quest,adventure, and some romance,a very good read,for the more intelligent discerning person.

An Archaeological Thriller

Few authors can be better equipped to write about the history of ancient Greece and Rome than Valerio Massimo Manfredi. Professor of archaeology at the university of Milan, he has carried out many excavations and expeditions in the Mediterranean region. He has produced many factual books on historical matters, mainly military and has still found the time to write several novels. This book is a real thriller. 2 thousand years ago a mysterious force hidden in an isolated tower in the Sahara desert, massacred a squad of Roman soldiers. There was only one survivor from the horrific attack, an Etruscan diviner Avile Vipanas. He later described the terrible being in the tower, and suggested ways in which the creature could be destroyed. Just what is the malevolent being that slumbers in the remote tower? Who are the fierce desert dwelling Blemmyae seen by the ancient travellers. Do they exist or are they just figments of people's imaginations. In an attempt to find the isolated tower and sole the mystery that has come down through 20 centuries, three men begin a journey into te hear of the Sahara. An archaeologist, a colonel from the Foreign legion and a priest. Why do these men from such different backgrounds feel the need to solve a mystery that has lived on for 2,000 years?