The Marks of Cain: A Novel

by Tom Knox

Book Overview

A thrilling and startling novel from the author of the international bestseller "The Genesis Secret" When David Martinez, a young lawyer, receives an ancient map from his dying grandfather, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452297168
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Plume
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

A secret through the ages

Tom Knox makes a great book that takes the reader from the last bastion of colonial Africa to Europe. David Martinez was a British lawyer just managing to eek out a living when his grandfather died leaving him a fortune and an old map of the mountain range going through France and Spain. This map leads him to both the love of his life and his heritage. He faces off against a terrorist whose the last of a forgotten genetic line of mountain people who wishes to hide his heritage and will do anything to hide it. Committing brutal, sadistic murders left and right and even indulging in cannibalism. All with Martinez learning about why the Holocaust really happened and about himself.