This is a book in the tradition of the great occult and mystery writers.While Ian Hardshaw, a professional hypnotherapist, is treating one of his patients for demonic possession, he is given a message from the spirit world warning him that a great ˜Lord of Light' is at risk. He quickly contacts his colleague Ray, and they meet up with a local clairvoyant Linda, to investigate what's going on.Soon lan meets Jean, a sexually frustrated housewife, and with Ray's girlfriend Pat, their group grows to five. Quickly, they become embroiled in overcoming an assassination plot hatched up by a notorious secret society called the Order of Sion.The Order is also searching for the treasure of the Knights Templar which includes a powerful religious artefact that could change the course of history. As the plot thickens, Jean is abducted by the evil Order, and the group becomes engaged in a race against time to solve the riddle of the mysterious Shepherds' Monument, so they can find the treasure and save Jean.Thomas Challis is a professional hypnotherapist and psychotherapist, specializing in 'past life' regression therapy and the treatment of 'spiritual' problems. Because of this, many of the scenes in his novel 'The Shepherds' Code', are based on actual therapy sessions and are accurate in there description of the techniques involved. 'Confidentiality' of course forbids the portrayal of actual cases, and the novel is one way of making this knowledge accessible to the reader. If you want to know just how hypnosis and clairvoyance work, this is the book for you!