Denver author John Shimmin crosses swords with Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code revealing startling new insights into the Grail theory.
DENVER – Denver author John Shimmin goes head-to-head with Dan Brown’s Holy Grail premise championed in the Da Vinci Code. The book, The Manx Grail Chronicles: Mystery of the Templar Treasure, hits the street November 7th with its rendition of the Grail legend, a theory that deviates significantly from Dan Brown’s interpretation. The highly controversial conclusion in Shimmin’s book is born on the back of a thrilling storyline inspired by a true 1868 murder/suicide that takes place on the Isle of Man. Although the mystery/thriller is a marvelous read on its own merits, the real story comes in the form of a Grail bombshell dropped at the conclusion of the book.
The story takes place on the Isle of Man where both ancient and modern lives become intertwined in Druid ceremonies and Celtic myth. The underlying groundwork of the adventure begins in 1868 when James Killey killed three of his five daughters by throwing them down the twenty-five foot shaft of the farm well, then committing suicide by throwing himself in after them. The book brings to life the historical account with the introduction of captivating and lively fictional characters. These fictional characters follow a path of discovery where the facts become intertwined with a compelling story, weaving the reader through intricate plot twists and turns to a unique and surprising ending. The reader will come away from The Manx Grail Chronicles: Mystery of the Templar Treasure with a whole new perspective on the meaning of the Holy Grail, Arthurian mythology and Celtic lore.
The book is revisionist history at its most provocative, reinterpreting traditional beliefs in the Knights Templar, King Arthur and the Holy Grail. It is exhaustively researched and intelligently written, leaving the reader mesmerized with new insights behind the Grail and the Knights Templar. The Templars would do anything to keep the Grail secret and protected for all eternity. Others, however, would do anything to find it; destroy it if necessary. It is a spellbinding mystery wrapped around a compelling true historical event.
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