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Archeologist David Hyden is hell-bent to disprove his Biblical archeologist father’s religious theories. After his father is found dead at the center of Stonehenge with a strange glowing spiral engraved into his palm, David decides to challenge his father’s theory that Maeshowe—a passage grave ruin in Stenness, Scotland—possesses metaphysical powers. However, the morning after his arrival in Stenness, David wakes to find everyone else in town is dead.

NATO pathologist Brynne Thatcher is trained to recognize the subtle features of subsonic death, a unique forte and her only leg-up in a career dominated by men. Sound is the ideal weapon: an indiscriminate killer that leaves almost no trace upon its victims. She is testing an acoustic cannon in the grasslands a short distance from Stenness. Thatcher is certain her weapon caused the Stenness massacre, but all bets are off when she pinpoints Maeshowe as the source of deadly noise. The ruin erupts with low-frequency sound every 77 hours. Each explosion is larger and deadlier than the last. The only clues to stopping Maeshowe are the spiral petroglyph glowing inside its central chamber and the lone survivor, David.

Investigating the connection between the two glowing spiral symbols, Thatcher and David uncover Brenton’s most bizarre theory: There are four locks and four keys lost throughout antiquity. Any man who finds a matching lock and key will gain one of the powers of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse (Conqueror, War, Plague, and Death). Displacement of a key awakened the passage grave. Unless the “key” is placed into the petroglyph “lock,” the ruin will kill every living thing.

Finding the key won’t be easy. A clandestine brotherhood known as the Abaddon is sworn to protect the keys. As Maeshowe’s eruption spreads across northern Europe, the leadership of the Abaddon crumbles. A new leader of the dark society seeks to become Conqueror, and a race to the Apocalypse begins.

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Twelve years ago, during a lull at work, after a random search on the internet I came across the phrase: "PASSAGE GRAVES". My brain exploded. Just the name had me hooked. What in the world was a passage grave?Life changed in that moment, and the four-book series of PASSAGE GRAVESwas born. The story immediately blossomed. Like other writers say, thestory "came to me."

PASSAGE GRAVES was originally written as a screenplay while I was apost-grad film student at UCLA. In fact, in its infancy, the script wasentered in a screenplay contest sponsored by Steven Spielberg and won afinalist award. Over the next decade, I turned it into a well-researched novel. The characters came alive and a larger story arch emerged.

I hope you enjoy reading PASSAGE GRAVES as much as I enjoyed writing it.

About the Author

Madyson Rush wasn't born, she was adopted. She attributes her writing abilityto her adoptive mother because early home life arguments were alwayssettled by abiding her mother's motto "use your words." Rush isn'tBritish, but she would like to be. When she reads the Bible, her voicesounds British in her head. She is the winner of her 5th and 6th gradeelementary school's prestigious "Young Author" award.

In her freetime, Rush enjoys practicing her autograph and crashing Mary Kayparties. Her dream is to be on an airplane sitting next to someonereading one of her books. When she is feeling sad, she writes sad poems. When she is feeling happy, she writes sad poems. She likes supermodelsand asparagus, after all, they are both quite similar.

Rush's bibliography includes books in multiple genres:

~ TECHNO-THRILLERS ("Passage Graves" series)

~ YA FICTION (look for her upcoming debut of "Psi Series", as well as "Project Blue Book" and "Pickle"

~ LITERARY FICTION ("Stillpoint" and "The Devil's Gate")

~ CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS ("Terrible Things You Can Do with the Letter B", "What the Phobia?" and "While You Were Away"

Some of her most popular quotes:

"Mildred had eyes like a near-sighted hawk; if anything took place three inches from her face she knew about it."
-Pickle

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one that went around incircles into the Eye of Mordor, which smelled strangely like natural gas and was guarded by giant spiders, rodents of usual size, and thisemaciated naked guy who kept going on and on about his precious."
-Stillpoint

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00D5UMBHM
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mad Rush Publishing; 1st edition (June 1, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 535 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages

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- #6,456 in Suspense Action Fiction
- #8,137 in Technothrillers (Books)

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Madyson Rush wasn't born, she was adopted. She attributes her writing ability to her adoptive mother because early home life arguments were always settled by abiding her mother's motto "use your words." Rush isn't British, but she would like to be. When she reads the Bible, her voice sounds British in her head. She is the winner of her 5th and 6th grade elementary school's prestigious "Young Author" award.

In her free time, Rush enjoys practicing her autograph and crashing Mary Kay parties. Her dream is to be on an airplane sitting next to someone reading one of her books. When she is feeling sad, she writes sad poems. When she is feeling happy, she writes sad poems. She likes supermodels and asparagus, after all, they are both quite similar.

Rush's bibliography includes books in multiple genres:

~ TECHNO-THRILLERS ("Passage Graves" series)

~ YA FICTION (look for her upcoming debut of "Psi Series", as well as "Project Blue Book" and "Pickle"

~ LITERARY FICTION ("Stillpoint" and "The Devil's Gate")

~ CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS ("Terrible Things You Can Do with the Letter B", "What the Phobia?" and "While You Were Away"

Some of her most popular quotes:

"Mildred had eyes like a near-sighted hawk; if anything took place three inches from her face she knew about it."

-Pickle

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one that went around in circles into the Eye of Mordor, which smelled strangely like natural gas and was guarded by giant spiders, rodents of usual size, and this emaciated naked guy who kept going on and on about his precious."

-Stillpoint

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Holy Sound Effects Batman!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 6, 2022

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Madyson Rush can write a wild and crazy plot, with surprisingly gritty characters. There is a mix of realistic situations and total fantasy.

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Kim Snyder| Overall Beauty Minerals

It was ok

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 10, 2017

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I like a fast story for sure. This was kinda ok, to read till about 3/4 of the way. I felt that the only female character would of had a better backbone than she did. She was nothing but afraid of losing her job, being thought of just another pretty face, how she had to fight to stay on the team. But you can't really feel sorry for her and she gave no reason to even like what was going on to her.The story at the beginning you get a good idea of what is going on. It was a mixed up story. I couldn't tell ready who was David Or Ian they talked about or with. Throw in Asor who I guess was just a bag of bones who enjoyed the pain he caused to himself and others around him. It became way too messy trying to figure out who was who, and so on.
What bother me was at the very end what happens. I guess they were looking another seal maybe? More bad guys looking for the key for yet another tombs? Who could be a second Chosen one? But it didn't give me oh I got to read the next book if there was one. Way too much graphic violence for my liking for sure.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 11, 2014

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This story is a very interesting twist on Armageddon and grabbed me right away. And then it lost me a little with all the scientific gobbledygook about sound being used as a weapon. But then it grabbed me again as the main story progressed. Oops, then it lost me again with the glowing man who enjoyed pain because it helped him transcend human-ness. There are enough plot twists to keep you enthralled but the author left me with too many questions about the back story of the brothers and the requisite daring female scientist. And I still don't get who or what the glowing guy is. By halfway through I understood that this was all a race to become one of the horsemen of the Apocalypse and the race to stop them, and while I understand this is only the first in a series I was still left with Huh? and not at all sure I would even bother reading the rest of the series. Probably not.

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Thomas E. Winkel

A Little over the top

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 12, 2014

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I really enjoy reading these types of books. Passage Graves was action packed, a number of interesting characters and a inter-twineing plotline. I may be different than other, but I like plots and stories that make me go back and re-read parts of the book to catch the finer points od the story or fact on characters that did not resonate at the time.

I really enjoyed the book for the first 85 - 90%, then I felt it went off the rails. The ending was in my opinion too much. Everything too convieniently fell into place. This does not mean I will not read follow-up books as I believe this will be a series. Great potential. for an enjoyable series of books.

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Not in total agreement with others....

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2013

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I must admit that I liked the book. It has an interesting storyline and a reasonable presentation. But I wouldn't rate it as highly as some of the previous reviewers.

I'm always put off by little things... yeah, one of my many character flaws.

For example, the word BREAK is like a "coffee break". But when you want to stop a car, you're going to "BRAKE". Why do little things like that stick in my mind???

Another example would be wherever firearms details are given. One would be use of the word "clip." Technically it's a "magazine." There are several others.

But my biggest complaint would be how the book ended. Perhaps I missed something as I read the last few chapters in the middle of a sleepless night? I just didn't get the transition between "they're going to die!" and "all is good with the world again!"

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Julia

I want back the time I spent reading this unsatisfying, gory book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 4, 2013

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Yes, it's well written (tho plagued with typos). And yes, it's exciting. But the plot is terribly convoluted, and the author introduces tons of twists and turns that never get resolved. When I finished the book I was actually MAD at how unsatisfying the ending was, as well as all the unanswered questions that remained in my mind. I guess she's setting herself up for the next book in the series; but there's a big difference between a cliffhanger and total confusion.

It was really super gory, with graphic, oozing descriptions of eleven-teen different ways to torture flesh. I suppose that's a positive aspect of this book if you like that sort of thing, but I sure don't - blech!

I've read all this book's other reviews, and it sure looks to me like the first half - the 5-star reviews - are fakes that the author got her friends to submit; and the real reviews are the ones from my fellow 2- and 3-star reviewers. I say that because many of the things the 5-star reviews said about this book just aren't true, whereas the low reviews point out the legitimate flaws.

I advise this author to go back to the drawing board and significantly revise this book. It's a good start, especially for a first-time novel, but needs a LOT of work.

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Maybe it's me

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2014

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The story is interesting and moves with lots of drama and action, but I could not see the connections between characters and chapters and I could not tell most of them apart ... except for the woman. There was only one woman, which I find rather annoying in an adventure story. None of the characters were clearly described or introduced, and I could not tell many of them apart, especially when they just showed up in chapters that moved from one part of the earth to another with no clear description except for the chapter heads. To add to the confusion, some of the characters were called by two different names at times, with no explanation why. It took me a few chapters to figure that out. Ordinarily I wouldn't have bothered, but the author might want to know she needs to do some work on her character formation to make her stories more powerful.

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Interesting book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 18, 2014

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I found this book to be very interesting and compelling. The science behind how sound can be used as a weapon was intriguing. The story starts when a man is summoned to a murder scene where his father is the victim. As the story unfolds, there are lots of strange events that occur and appear to be unexplainable. The public does not know what is happening and the authorities are clearly going above and beyond to keep it that way. There were a few places in the book where I was lost as the book went back and forth between scenes and people quite frequently. It did all come together in the end.

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Mike

Oh Dear

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 23, 2013

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That says it all really, Oh Dear! The idea for the book, the general storyline, is good, an interesting take on the four horsemen, but ..... A word of advice for authors, do your research! If you are going to set your book in Great Britain at least look at a map first! Northampton is not in London, neither is Oxfordshire! There is no such thing as the Royal Army Cemetery in the "rolling hills of Westminster" and don't get me started on the typos and Americanisms that the book is littered with. The book might suit the American market, but if you have any knowledge of the British Isles keep clear.

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RetiredReader

Incomprehensible and unbelievable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 28, 2017

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Started off with promise but gradually got more confusing until I found myself skip reading. As others have said the Americanisms and poor grasp of Scotland/Britain irritated immensely. The characters have no depth or development. Everyone seems to get shot but the bullet misses or just grazes. One to avoid.

N Scorah

British geography appalling.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 20, 2013

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As with the other comments it is obvious the author has never looked at a map of Orkney, or Scotland or even the UK, let alone set foot in the British Isles! Her grip of the geographical areas of the UK is diabolical, and totally ruined the book for me.
The plot moves from Orkney, to London and to Patmos as if they were only 20 miles apart.
Why would you not do your research beforehand?
Would not recommend.

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Anthony V

Mmmmmm!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 18, 2013

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Mmmmm! Now that's caught your attention.
Adyson admits she's not British on the home page. When you read this book this will come very obvious. Americanisms stand out like menhirs. We have roads not routes. Strangely she uses kilometres rather than miles. Scotland does not have it's own security services. Just to name a few.
As a first book I won't rubbish it and just say it's OK. Perhaps it would have been better just as a stand alone novel. The plot could have been set around ancient indian sites. Rather than the UK.
Sorry no spoilers to the story or plot. Perhaps the ability to draw spider diagrams might help.
However all is not lost. I'm of the age that remembers Bernard Quatermass, Turn this into a 60's style black and white movie and you may well have a hit.

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AvidReader

Starts well but then it wanders.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 24, 2013

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A good start that made me want to get into it, but then it wanders, perhaps this is not my genre, but I read to the end was happy to have read it.

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