<h3><b><i>"If you love Steve Berry, Dan Brown or Umberto Eco, you may have a new author favorite in Glen Craney."</i></b> -- BestThrillers.com</h3><br><b>A mysterious Templar code has eluded scholars for centuries.<br><br>Does the key to unlocking its explosive message lie buried with Christopher Columbus?</b><br /><br>Rookie State Department lawyer <b>Jaqueline Quartermane</b> was never much good at puzzles.<br /><br />But now, assigned to investigate the ritual murder of an American missionary in Ethiopia, she must solve the world's oldest palindrome—the infamous <b>SATOR Square</b>—to thwart a religious conspiracy that reaches back to the 15th century and a secretive monastic order of Portuguese sea explorers.<br /><br />Separated by half a millennium, two espionage plots dovetail in this breakneck dual-narratives thriller, driven by <b>history's most closely guarded mystery.... </b><br /><br /><b>... the shocking secret that Columbus took to the grave. </b><br /><br />If you're a fan of monastic cryptography, secret societies, relic heists, and esoteric conspiracies, don't wait to join the search for <b><i>The Virgin of the Wind Rose.<br><br><h3><b>What readers are saying:</b></h3><br><ul><li><b><i>"Impeccably researched, high-velocity!"</i></b> <br />-- BEST THRILLERS</li><li><b><i>"An exciting journey across time, with more twists and turns than a strawberry Twizzler.... Highly recommended."</i> </b><br />-- QUARTERDECK MAGAZINE</li><li><b><i>"Grips you in its teeth and whirls you through history... Naturally this novel will be compared to the books of Dan Brown but the quality of writing in</i> The Virgin of the Wind Rose <i>has the edge for me."</i></b> <br />-- ROSIE AMBER REVIEWS</li></i> <li><b><i>"Fantastic and enthralling.... [W]ill keep you glued to your couch. Most certainly a tour-de-force."</i></b><br />-- DAVID BEN EFRAIM, QBR REVIEWS</li><li><b><i>"I stayed up all night to finish this great read and was left wanting more... Mr. Craney is a master of holding back and building the suspense."</i> </b><br />-- ONE BOOK SHY OF A FULL SHELF</li><li><b><i>"Move over, Dan Brown!"</i></b><br />-- SWEET MYSTERIES</li><li><b>Books and Benches Magazine Book-of-the-Year Finalist</b></li><li><b>indieBRAG Medallion </b></li></ul> <br /><h3><b>START READING <i>THE VIRGIN OF THE WIND ROSE</i> TODAY.