About The Heretics’ Revenge:
Persecuted to extinction, the Cathar heretics desperately wanted revenge against the Church of Rome. It arrived in abundance 750 years later.
Condemned as heretics by the Catholic Church, the 13th-century Cathars are persecuted, tortured, and finally burned alive at Montségur. But according to legend, they hide their riches and relic beyond the castle walls on the eve of their demise. In the 1930s, Otto Rahn dedicates his life to recovering the long-forgotten relic, and coerced by Himmler joins the SS to find the ‘Holy Grail’ for the Nazis. Exposed as both Jewish and homosexual, Rahn commits suicide. But not before he entrusts his notes to his niece. – Notes that have never been found.
Seeking a challenge after retiring early, businessman Steve Jackson embarks on a modern-day search for the fabled Cathar cache. With French girlfriend, Manon Lubin, they locate Rahn’s abandoned clues in the Black Forest. The notes become a key to locating a religious discovery even greater than the Dead Sea Scrolls, and unleash a 750-year old time-capsule of revenge that threatens to shake the Church of Rome to its foundations.
The massacre of the Cathars and the true story of Otto Rahn are interweaved and then continued with the fictional search for the treasure and relic. Rich in historical detail, this fascinating and absorbing story, set in France and London, climaxes with a thought-provoking and controversial conclusion that brings THE HERETICS’ REVENGE..
THIS RICH AND COMPLEX ADVENTURE COMBINES REAL HISTORICAL DETAIL WITH A MODERN-DAY SENSE OF PACE AND MYSTERY, AND IS REDUCED TO $0.99 FROM 15TH-22ND SEPT.
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Author Bio:
Having read about the Cathars at Montsegur it was apparent that no one had written the full story. No one had considered if Otto Rahn’s secret notes could be found and if the Cathar treasure could be unearthed today. More importantly just what was the Cathar treasure and relic? And what impact would its discovery have on the world?
Intrigued the author made a number of research trips to Montsegur in France, Berlin, and other places in order to write this thought-provoking and highly plausible story. A story that needed to be told.
Martin Barrett lives in the old gold-mining village of Arrowtown, New Zealand, and enjoys skiing, cycling and walking in the surrounding mountains