You have to give these Dan Brown writealikes credit for trying, but not too much. Sign of the Cross by Chris Kuzneski [ISBN 978 0 141 03084 5] has the same formula as usual, mysterious artefacts, hidden messages, baddies trying to stop them finding stuff, gratuitous violence etc etc, but does not have the research and scholarship of many of them. In addition to this also has some of the most risible dialogue for the “English” professor I have ever read (Goodness gracious, I’m flummoxed). In fact you can almost tell what its like to listen in class to English teacher Kuzneski “No verb without an expressive adverb or two no noun without obscure adjectives, and as many words in a sentence you can get away with.” After all that the plot is OK.
You have to give these Dan Brown writealikes credit for trying, but not too much. Sign of the Cross by Chris Kuzneski [ISBN 978 0 141 03084 5] has the same formula as usual, mysterious artefacts, hidden messages, baddies trying to stop them finding stuff, gratuitous violence etc etc, but does not have the research and scholarship of many of them. In addition to this also has some of the most risible dialogue for the “English” professor I have ever read (Goodness gracious, I’m flummoxed). In fact you can almost tell what its like to listen in class to English teacher Kuzneski “No verb without an expressive adverb or two no noun without obscure adjectives, and as many words in a sentence you can get away with.” After all that the plot is OK.
A Priest is found crucified – and then others follow. Interpol tries to find out what is happening. Meanwhile Boyd, an archaeologist and his assistant Maria find an artefact in some catacombs in Orvieto. This starts off a manhunt as several different forces try to find and stop him.
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