The Hidden Keystone

July 1099: sweltering in the merciless heat, Godefroi de Bouillon’s desperate army finally breach the walls of Jerusalem. Concealed within their ranks are members of a secret fraternity. The Salt Lines seek a mystical artefact called the Keystone, and they’re willing to sacrifice everything Godefroi values to possess it: the lives of his closest confidants, the only woman he has ever loved, even his very soul.
October 1307: when Bertrand joined the Brotherhood of the Temple of Solomon, no one anticipated the brutal suppression of the Order that followed. Forced to flee for his life, Bertrand unwittingly becomes the only person who can lay the Keystone to rest. But can he resist its temptations whilst evading the forces of the French throne? With the veil of secrecy in tatters, truth has become the most dangerous possession of all.

Nathan Burrage lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two daughters. He is the author of FIVEFOLD, a supernatural thriller first published by Random House and subsequently translated into Russian, and Almost Human a collection of short fiction published by IFWG. A graduate of Clarion South-- an intensive, six-week residential writing program based on the famous US workshops of the same name-- Nathan has been shortlisted for both the Aurealis Awards and the Ditmar Awards in Australia. Intermittent transmissions can be intercepted at www.nathanburrage.com