The Covenant of the Flame

Tess Drake lives in Manhattan and is an investigative journalist for Earth Mother Magazine. She focuses on climate change and the planet's degradation due to pollution and toxic waste. Her life takes a turn when she meets a mysterious, handsome man with gray eyes, and she finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict between two religious cults.

One group consists of followers of Mithraism, an ancient Roman sun cult, while the other comprises Christians who believe all heresies must be eradicated. The gray-eyed Mithras travel the globe, delivering a fiery death to anyone who harms the earth or slaughters innocent wildlife, all while evading the religious zealots who constantly pursue them. Both groups are ruthless killers of show more any who witness their war with each other, all in the name of God.

Tess and her police friend, Craig, become targets for both groups simply because they know too much. Together, they realize that there is nowhere to escape. Although I found the history of Mithraism intriguing, the rest of the plot felt so far-fetched that I struggled to engage with it. show less

A well-written story, very well-paced given the complexities of the plot. Though, the ending doesn't have the same quality as the book. As if he tired of the story and just wanted it done. Overall, a lovely novel for beach reading.

This was not Morrell's best (although still better that what a lot of thriller writers can put together). Somehow, the characters were not as "deep" as characters in Morrell's better books and many parts of the plot seemed particularly dated (the book was written in 1991). If you're a big Morrell fan, you will probably want to go ahead and read this book; if you're not a Morrell fan (and why not? you should be!), this is not the Morrell title to start with.

Torn from the headlines and prevaricated upon, this book read like a Tom & Jane thriller for the worshipers of Gaia. There is no problem in the world but that can be traced to evil business, corrupt politicians and, apparently, a complete lack of technical expertise in the entire world.

Not a bad novel in the least, but not the best Morrell I’ve read. It came off a little heavy on the religious aspect, which I’m still not sure if it’s fact based or fiction...Also not sure if a lot of it was realistic, in that how people fall in love, and also how they survive different situations, but hey, it’s fiction right? Like I said, not the best, but not bad by any means.

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