num_pages: 515
description: In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth. Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade that will rip apart southern France, a young woman named Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father. The book, he says, contains the secret of the true Grail, and the ring, inscribed with a labyrinth, will identify a guardian of the Grail. Now, as crusading armies gather outside the city walls of Carcassonne, it will take a tremendous sacrifice to keep the secret of the labyrinth safe.
language: English
title: Labyrinth
titlecomplete: Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1)
characters: Guilhem du Mas, Alice Tanner, Bertrand Pelletier, Jehan Congost, Marie-Cécile de l'Oradore, Will Franklin, Oriane Congost-Pelletier, Raymond-Roger Trencavel, Alaïs du Mas, Sajhë de Servian, Esclarmonde de Servian, Paul Authié, Guy d'Evreux
genres: Historical, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Adult, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Adventure, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 54793
places: Carcassonne, France
series: Languedoc
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: British Book Award
category: Best Read of the Year
publisher: Berkley