The Tower

<p>Valerio Massimo Manfredi's <i>The Tower</i> is a modern thriller solving an ancient mystery. </p><p>AD 70. A ferocious mysterious force hidden in a solitary tower annihilated a squad of Roman soldiers advancing through the Sahara desert. There was a single survivor: the Etruscan diviner Avile Vipinas who later described the horror of the creature in the tower and suggested how it could be destroyed.</p><p>Nearly 2000 years later to find the tower and solve its unutterable mystery three men venture into the heart of the Sahara: an archaeologist following the traces of his father a colonel from the Foreign Legion thirsting for revenge and a priest who puts his faith to the ultimate test.</p><p> Just what is the dark being that slumbers in the tower?</p>