Sooner, they realize that their aunt Isolde and the Domain are far different from what they had in mind.

Their aunt owns a mountain estate, Domain de la Cade which is famous in the region. In 1891, they are invited by their widowed aunt to the beautiful town of Rennes-les-Bains in southwest France. It is the second book in the series and involves Leonie Vernier and her brother Anatole.

Unfortunately, there has to be a great sacrifice to protect this secret from the armies outside the city walls of Carcassonne. It is also the one to identify the guardian of the Grail. This was just on the eve of a brutal crusade that was to later rip apart southern France.Īccording to Alais’s father, the book harbors the secrets of the true Grail, the ring and is inscribed with a labyrinth. Travelling back in time, up to 800 years ago in France, a woman by the name Alais is given a ring and strange book for safekeeping by her father. A volunteer of an archeological dig, Alice, comes across a cave and discovers something that sent shivers down her spine – strange writings on the walls, two crumbling human skeletons and a labyrinth pattern. It is set in July 2005 in Pyrenees Mountains near Carcassonne. This was the first book in the series Languedoc. Currently, she lives with her husband and family in Chichester and Carcassonne. Kate Mosse got married to Greg, her old school friend. In 2001, she began working on the first book of her series, Labyrinth which has sold millions of copies in more than 40 countries. In 1992, she left publishing and started working on her writing career. She graduated in 1981 with a BA in English and spent the next 7 years publishing in London. Kate Mosse grew up in Chichester and attended Chichester High School and New College, Oxford. She is well-known for writing Labyrinth which has been translated into more than thirty-seven languages. Kate Mosse is an English author specialized in novels, short stories, non-fiction and broadcasting.

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