Reliquary by Kris Brooker
A theocratic Commission rules. Patron rules absolute. The people believe they are protected by Saints, and that their city alone survived Armageddon.
When a Duma crime-boss tasks Scout to track down a stolen Relic, what he omits to mention is the Commission want it too, and they’ll kill anyone who stands in their way.
Find the thief, find the relic. Find a heretic, Kat, who’s as dangerous as she is beautiful. Scout puts them both in the crosshairs of a state sanctioned assassin. Their survival now depends on finding the relic.
It’s an uneasy alliance, through a black market in forbidden history into an underworld of religious sects, to find they’ve stumbled upon an ancient prophecy, and into a heretical coup.
All sides desire the relic. Understanding it’s purpose will reshape the future of Mankind.
Like others I read this because of the cover. Not my normal cheese, but glad i did. Imaginative with a historical basis that worked for me
Only three * because the author will got to Hell.
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As Dystopian as it gets. Reliquary blends voices from the past with Armageddon and a city built on lies. But the truth will out. 5* book
A book is a book (Gabriel?), and I enjoyed this one, and its ending. Brooker tells a decent story.
Offensive ending to what was a good read