An unbreakable cipher, a dead priest with expensive shoes, a hermit who has conversations with saints, an angry French girl, a guardian angel with attitude, a murderous master criminal, and a gaggle of angry demons might stop an ordinary fifteen-year-old safe-cracking genius—but not Percy St.-John . He’s determined to prove he did not steal a mysterious ancient book that may hold the key to mankind’s greatest hope and greatest danger. “Allen marries the character relationship of a young Holmes and Watson with a setting reminiscent of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose , resulting in a delicious change of pace for YA readers. Especially effective is the rich atmosphere evoking the early 1900s as a time when superstition was giving way to a more rational age. Literary thrillers are rare in the YA space, and this charming page-turner is a welcome addition to the scene.” —Reinhardt Suarez, Booklist " Percy St.-John and the Chronicle of Secrets: Thieves and Monks, Angels and Demons , makes for a Fun YA Novel." —Dustin Bass, The Epoch Times "A fun, mystical thriller, Percy St.-John and the Chronicle of Secrets By E.A. Allen Fate brings Percy to an old monastery in Switzerland. His gifts as a thief, however, result in an unforeseen adventure against a great source of power found in an ancient book. Joined by a young monk and a French girl, Percy leads the way to uncover a mystery." — Epoch Times E.A. Allen is a History Professor, cattle farmer, and retired C.I.A. intelligence officer. When he’s not out chasing straying cows that have no respect for fences, or tracking-down undergraduates who have no respect for assignment deadlines, he’s at his desk, writing mysteries in the great tradition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Dorothy L. Sayers.
