In Tongues of the Dead, by Brad Kelln - ECW Press, ecwpress.com

An illustrated book written in an indecipherable text, the Voynich manuscript is thought to have been created between 1450 and 1520. It has been the object of intense study by many cryptographers, including top Second World War American and British code breakers—all of whom failed to decrypt a single word. In Tongues of the Dead (ECW Press, October 2008), a novel by Brad Kelln, draws its inspiration from the real Voynich Manuscript, which sprang to media attention in recent years as cryptologists continued to debate its contents. In this intensely researched thriller, Kelln probes a compelling international mystery.

In the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University lies the 500-year-old Voynich manuscript. Twenty years ago the Vaticans Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith secretly placed a guard to watch over the document. The guard, Father Ronald McCallum, is overwhelmed when an autistic child visiting the library appears to read from the manuscript. Father Benicio Valori, a priest and clinical psychologist on assignment in Cambodia, is sent halfway around the world to join Father McCallum to verify the boys ability to read the manuscript. When the manuscript is stolen, things begin to unravel.

The Vatican has sent others to investigate with orders to stop at nothing from keeping the documents secrets from being exposed. Fearing for the childs life, Benicio flees the country to Canada and turns to trusted friend and psychologist, Dr. Jake Tunnel. As events unfold, Jake is drawn into the mystery. He and Benicio realize that the Voynich Manuscript is the bible of the Nephilim—soulless beings created by the crossbreeding of angels and humans, and despised by God. The angels responsible for their creation were banished from heaven and their offspring were thought to be destroyed by the flood of Noahs time. Having the ability to read the manuscript leads Benicio and Jake to believe that the autistic child must be a descendent of the Nephilim.

Fans of Dean Koontz, Dan Brown, Lincoln Child, and Douglas Preston, will devour In Tongues of the Dead. Razor-sharp and sophisticated, Kellns story speeds toward its forceful conclusion.

Brad Kelln is a clinical and forensic psychologist and special consultant on hostage negotiation to both the Halifax Regional Police and the RCMP. Kelln earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Calgary. He is the author of two other novels, Lost Sanity and Method of Madness. Lost Sanity was called a chilling read, by the Halifax Herald, and was picked by the Ottawa Sun as one of the best mystery/detective novels of 2001.

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[JBodine67]

It looks to me like it could be linked to witchcraft.

[TaiwanSCW]

Its an alien language. Did you know the NSA & NASA scientists often visit the original manuscript in Princeton Univ? One said that contains star charts not viewed from this world.

[Wissenistmacht9]

it is not so old but a revolution! in the line: sumerer story.

for the right code please look: erhard landmann voynich manuskript

[skullaria]

I liked this book. I think the connection b/t the Voynich and the nephalim were really stretching it though. lol The Voynich looks mainly like a herbal text with astrological correspondences to me.