Part Indiana Jones, part Robert Langdon.Inside the ruins of an Egyptian monastery, archaeologist Nathan Ashford unearths a 3,000-year-old riddle.To decode it, he needs the help of brilliant linguist Eve Sommerville.
To survive it, he’ll need more than luck.A rogue Vatican order will stop at nothing to keep it buried.A fast-moving, #1 bestselling historical thriller.

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COMING IN 2027

For six hundred years, no one could decipher the Voynich Manuscript.When Eve Sommerville cracks a single page, she sets in motion something she cannot stop.

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Marie Hermetz writes adventure fiction that braids historical mysteries with modern stakes, and is drawn to the questions that won’t leave her alone: who decides what history remembers, and whose voices get erased?A French transplant to South Carolina, she shares her life with her husband, a rescue mutt named Raven, and more half-finished craft projects than she’ll admit.

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I thought the hardest part about writing a novel was... well, writing the novel.Turns out, it’s feeling weirdly exposed when you finally share it.But some stories need to exist.I write adventure fiction that weaves together historical mysteries and modern stakes.My debut novel, Solomon’s Wisdom, became an Amazon Best Seller and is the first in a series following linguist Eve Sommerville and archaeologist Nathan Ashford as they uncover a forbidden message King Solomon buried three millennia ago, one some people will kill to keep hidden.The second, The Voynich Heresy, arrives in 2027, and more of Nathan and Eve’s adventures are already underway.I’m drawn to stories that ask uncomfortable questions. Who decides what history remembers? Whose voices were silenced? Which “truths” survive?After a long journey from elsewhere, South Carolina is now home. I share my life with my husband, who crossed an ocean to be with me twenty years ago, and Raven, our little rescue mutt who thinks life is one long celebration.I’m a Jane-of-all-crafts and master of none: gardening, painting, vermicomposting, mixed-media art, biking. My husband calls me a butterfly because I never land on one thing for long. I’m also a very lucky mommy and nana!
I write to give life to the questions that won’t leave me alone.If something in these pages sparks reflection in you, I’ll consider that a job well done.