The Forgotten Alphabet

"Action thrillers are a fun genre as they're often page-turners, and The Forgotten Alphabet is definitely that. It's the 17th book in The Blackwell Files series, but it's the first one for me. Steven F. Freeman is such a talented author that he skillfully mentions critical parts of previous novels so the reader new to the series is not left behind. I loved every second of this book; the events are plausible, the flawed characters are all relatable, and the revelation of the mastermind shocked me. There's nothing to fault in this story—it's heart-racingly brilliant. I'm already a new fan of this author and plan to go back and read every other book in the series in order." Readers' FavoriteSometimes the past should remain hidden. Underwater archeologists have discovered a lost, encoded manuscript linked to Saint Theo Erkenwald, a seventh century Benedictine monk. When a team of scholars unravels the secrets embedded in the medieval document, they realize the long-hidden knowledge threatens the entire world with a disaster of biblical proportions.The threat grows even more urgent when the details of their discovery fall into the hands of a shadowy organization with sinister motives. Racing to trace the leaked data, the team must combine their modern expertise with the buried secrets of Saint Erkenwald himself if they are to prevent a modern apocalypse.