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An illustrated book written in an indecipherable text, the Voynich manuscript is thought to have been created between 1450 and 1520. It has been the object of intense study by many cryptographers, including top Second World War American and British code breakers—all of whom failed to decrypt a single word. In Tongues of the Dead (ECW Press, October 2008), a novel by Brad Kelln, draws its inspiration from the real Voynich Manuscript, which sprang to media attention in recent years as cryptologists continued to debate its contents. In this intensely researched thriller, Kelln probes a compelling international mystery. In the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University lies the 500-year-old Voynich manuscript. Twenty years ago the Vaticans Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith secretly placed a guard to watch over the document. The guard, Father Ronald McCallum, is overwhelmed when an autistic child visiting the library appears to read from the manuscript. Father Benicio Valori, a priest and clinical psychologist on assignment in Cambodia, is sent halfway around the world to join Father McCallum to verify the boys ability to read the manuscript. When the manuscript is stolen, things begin to unravel. The Vatican has sent others to investigate with orders to stop at nothing from keeping the documents secrets from being exposed. Fearing for the childs life, Benicio flees the country to Canada and turns to trusted friend and psychologist, Dr. Jake Tunnel ...
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