[Lettura #27/2012] Labyrinth

di Kate Mosse
Saga Languedoc Trilogy, Libro 1
Paperback, 702 pagine, Orion 2008

A single line of blood trickles down the pale underside of her arm, a red seam on a white sleeve. At first, Alice thinks it’s just a fly and takes no notice. Insects are an occupational hazard on a dig, and for some reason there are more flies higher up the mountain where she is working than at the main excavation site lower down. Then a drop of blood splashes on to her bare leg, exploding like a firework in the sky on Guy Fawkes night.incipit

Trama: July 1209: in Carcassone a seventeen-year-old girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Athought Alais cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in keeping the secret of the labyrinth safe…
July 2005: Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave in the French Pyrenees. Puzzled by the labyrinth symbol carved into the rock, she realises she’s disturbed something that was meant to remain hidden. Somehow, a link to a horrific past – her past – has been revealed.

[Letture #26/2012] Willy acchiappafantasmi e gli extraterrestri

Willy and the UFO and other stories
di Roger Collinson
Paperback, 191 pagine, Piemme 1997

Mai, da quando Willy era al mondo (almeno per quanto riusciva a ricordare), era passata più di una settimana senza che sua mamma gli ripetesse di non andare a giocare vicino alla Buca del Gigante. Mai. incipit

Trama: Willy, secondo suo nonno, è il più grande combinaguai sulla faccia della terra. Spericolato e inguaribilmente distratto, lascia il suo segno nelle più svariate avventure, riuscendo persino a mettere in fuga un fantasma un po’ timido o a dormire durante la visita di un gruppo di extraterrestri.