Solomon's Grave (Paperback)

~ Daniel G. Keohane (Author)

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4-star review
A fascinating occult suspense novel, fluent to read, for all those who prefer subtle suspense and finely woven characters over bloody murders and hardcore action... --Media Mania (German Edition)

Daniel G. Keohane has crafted a tense, intricate thriller that will appeal to fans of The Davinci Code.... Solomon s Grave is a creepy, intense read that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I loved it! --~ Brian Keene, author of The Rising and Earthworm Gods

Product Description

Nathan Dinneck's new role as pastor may be shorter than he expects.
For thousands of years a secret has been hidden from the world and protected from those who covet its power. Popes and Kings have sought it. Theologians and historians have debated its very existence. In every generation since the days of Solomon, one person is chosen to keep its secret, protect it from an ageless group claiming the treasure for their own dark god. After millennia of searching, they are finally closing in on their prize.
Evil has followed Nathan home to Hillcrest, Massachusetts.
Nightmares of temples and blood sacrifice, visions of angels and cemeteries foreshadow a dark battle to come. In the balance hangs the lives and souls of those chosen to protect history's most holy relic, perhaps even the gateway to heaven itself.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Dragon Moon Press (March 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189694499X
• ISBN-13: 978-1896944999
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,351,573 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solomon's Grave a must read, April 6, 2009

By	Linda Gunn (Billerica, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just finished reading Solomon's Grave and it was one of the best stories I have read in recent years. The characters are well-developed and real, the suspense is palpable, the story line fast moving and intense. If you liked the Davinci Code and Angels and Demons, you will love Solomon's Grave.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Tale of Creeping Dread and Quiet Horror, June 14, 2009

By	Shroud Magazine's Book Reviews (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

"Solomon's Grave" is a dark, intricate Biblical thriller not fit for Sunday School, but more than adequate to while away the evenings in suspense. With a solid first effort, Keohane provokes thought and inspires dread, teaching an important lesson: Providence is often the most frightening thing a man can face...next to evil.

Nathan Dinneck has returned home to fill a role he never expected - pastor of his childhood church. There's only one problem: his reoccurring nightmares. Images of demons and powerful angels fill his dreams. Eager and nervous about assuming his new post, he dismisses these visions as products of nervousness, nothing more.

Once home, however, things complicate badly. The dreams intensify into waking visions, interfering with his new job. When he encounters a statue in the church graveyard that bears a haunting resemblance to the angels in his dreams, reality starts to twist. Even worse, something is wrong in the Dinneck household. His father Arthur has stopped attending church and joined a new "men's group" which holds secretive meetings in an old storefront shop on Main Street. A chilly rift has formed between his father and mother, leaving Nate confused and worried.

Is this new group just a bunch of guys talking about sports, eating pizza and drinking beer, or is it more? Why is this new group's leader, an enigmatic man named Peter Quinn, so interested in the new pastor of Hillcrest? Add a secretive, withdrawn cemetery caretaker and a high school love he can't shake, and Nathan is faced with a dark mystery that may take his life, perhaps even his soul.

"Solomon's Grave" is a satisfying entry into the recently popular genre of "Christian/Biblical Horror". Though very different from the visceral, bloody "Orgy of Souls" (Broaddus, White), it succeeds where "Souls" does, in that it paints outside the lines of doctrine, fleshes out realistic characters, and the story itself is the priority, not an evangelical agenda. Keohane wraps up the immediate story well, but also leaves enough room at the novel's end for us to wonder what Nathan Dinneck's ultimate fate will be.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sad to see if end, May 19, 2009

By	E. O. White (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I guess the true test of a book is whether you can put it down and walk away, and how you feel when it's over. Solomon's Grave proved to haunt me each time I tried to walk away, calling me back during every moment of downtime, and many moments of "up" time. When I reached the end, I found myself exhilirated and fulfilled, but saddened that there wasn't another chapter (or a sequel) waiting for me. An excellent mystery, not of who done-it, but what's going to be done. While it has a religious theme, it is not preachy, nor is the religion the "story", but rather a topic within the story. Excellent character development, and a quick moving plot that will keep you pressing from page to page througout. A worthwhile purchase, and hopefully the first in a series.