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The Heretics' Revenge: The final search for the Holy Grail
Persecuted to extinction, the Cathar heretics desperately want revenge against the Church of Rome. It arrives 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.
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.
348 pages, Paperback
Published May 16, 2020
About the author
Martin Barrett
4 books1 followerI am a retired Mechanical Engineer living in Arrowtown, New Zealand. Whilst New Zealand is my favorite country, France comes a close second. The idea for my debut book, The Heretics' Revenge, came from both reading various books on the Cathars and their treasure, and from visiting Montsegur itself.
I find many, if not most, books I read are either overly descriptive and padded out as page fillers, or are highly implausible. Strking the right balance is what was always going to be important to me.
Favourite authors are Peter James, Steve Berry, Stephen Leather.
I find many, if not most, books I read are either overly descriptive and padded out as page fillers, or are highly implausible. Strking the right balance is what was always going to be important to me.
Favourite authors are Peter James, Steve Berry, Stephen Leather.
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February 18, 2021
A historical fiction novel starting with the inquisition and the brutal killing of a religious sect by the Roman Catholic Church. Fast forward to modern days, and the religious sect, which was not really wiped out reveals the Holy grail and evidence that will shake the Catholic Church to its core.
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