by Matt Bronleewe
borrowed from Cindy Ottinger
hardcover, 311 pages
This was much darker and more violent than I expected. And yet the thing that bothered me the most was the idea of people mistreating rare old books! An interesting cross between the Da Vinci Code and National Treasure, Illuminated has two opposing groups trying to gain control of three copies of the Gutenberg Bible to look for clues to the Templars' treasure. August and April are divorced, but end up coming together to protect their son Charlie.
Brownleewe is a founding member of Jars of Clay. This is his first novel.
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Jeanne, I agree that parts of the book were very dark. Interestingly, I discovered shortly after reading this book that Bronleewe was the writer of one of my all time favorite Sara Groves songs, "You Are The Sun."
Bronleewe has another novel with these characters making a reappearance. Not sure if it has been published yet or not.
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