Trust No One

A thriller in the spirit of Dan Brown.

Knowledge is the greatest value—until it falls into the hands of those who use it for evil...

An investigation into the brutal murder of a professor at Exeter University leads to a shocking theory: the crime may involve his own students, studying the history of witchcraft and spiritualism. Among those suspected is, in particular, an American woman, Sherrin Carr. As he was dying, the professor managed to put an ancient manuscript into her hands—an encrypted handwritten diary of the legendary occultist, Count de Saint-Germain—and ordered her to protect it, leaving a warning: “Don’t trust anyone.” But Sherrin can’t do it alone. She needs her friends’ support: each of them is strong in their own field, and together they become a desperate team of guardians... Only they themselves know that the students are innocent.

When both the police and an influential organization calling itself the “Brotherhood” begin hunting them, the friends have no choice but to run. In a deadly race across Europe—from the Tower of London to Parisian chateaux and a fortress in the Italian Alps—Sherrin must decipher the true secret hidden in Saint-Germain’s text. A secret that will guide her and the others through layers of history—toward one of the world’s greatest mysteries, concealed at the very roots of Western civilization. This discovery could change humanity forever. All that remains is the small matter of surviving...

James Rollins is one of the best-selling authors of adventure thrillers, creator of numerous #1 New York Times bestsellers published worldwide with a total circulation of 20 million copies and translated into 40 languages.

“Rollins is what you get if you send Dan Brown and Michael Crichton into the Large Hadron Collider.” — New York Times
“Rollins is an unquestioned leader in fiction where the plot is built on modern scientific searches for hidden truths in the ruins of vanished civilizations.” — Wall Street Journal
“No one writes these kinds of novels better than Rollins.” — Lee Child