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Debut thriller, Ark of Fire, by C.M. Palov is a page turner
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Author C.M. Palov is a graduate of George Mason University with a major in Art History. She has worked as a model, museum docent, English teacher and bookstore manager. Her current residence is Roanoke, West Virginia. Ark of Fire is her first novel and is published by The Berkley Publishing Group.
Eight hundred years ago, near the village of Megiddo, a Crusader discovered a gold box. The box was secretly transported to England where it was immediately hidden, safe from those who would steal it. The only way to locate the box is to solve the clues embedded in sixteen lines of verse in The Quatrains. It is rumored that the treasure is the Ark of the Covenant.
Photographer Edie Miller is a witness to a murder and theft of a Hebrew relic, the Stone of Fire. She suspects that the Washington D.C. police may have some involvement with the crime. With no one to trust, Edie contacts Caedmon Aisquith, an ancient civilizations expert and enlists his help.
Caedmom isn’t sure what to make of the story Edie tells him, but the Oxford-trained historian and former MI-5 intelligence officer soon finds that he has been targeted for death. Edie and Caedmon run from their executioners and the police. They are led to the Rosemont Security Consultants who are a mercenary army with government contracts. The group has their own agenda and will stop at nothing to obtain the Ark of the Covenant, if it truly exists. Edie and Caedom’s very existence depends on their ability to learn the truth.
The Ark of Fire is a thriller for those who enjoy a fast-moving story with twists and turns and steeped in history.
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