In 70 AD, a group of Roman soldiers crossing the Sahara desert is destroyed by a ferocious and mysterious presence
hidden in a solitary tower at the extreme borders of the sea of sand. The sole survivor, the Etruscan seer Avile
Vipinas, is inexplicably saved by the sound of his silver sistrum. Nineteen centuries later, young American scholar
Philip Garrett is investigating his father's disappearance in the desert 10 years earlier when he discovers the
house of Avile Vipinas in the underground ruins of Pompeii, sealed by the earthquake of 79 AD. The ancient seer,
before his death, had tried to describe the horrific presence in the Tower of Solitude and to make the first
faltering steps to its destruction ...Who is the ancient civilization - older than the oldest known - that created
this tower? What is its purpose? After conquering the ancient world with his bestselling novels of antiquity,
Valerio Manfredi has written a page-turning period thriller with an ancient twist.

About The Reader
Christian Rodska (born September 5, 1945 in Northumberland) is a versatile British actor who has appeared in many
television and radio series and narrated a number of audiobooks.
He enjoys audio books "because the listener can absorb a novel in conditions that don?t require specifically sitting
down to read," he explains. "I love the thought that audio books make every genre of literature accessible to people
in all walks of life who, in some circumstances, may not necessarily have time to read and may come upon works they
may never have dreamed of approaching."

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