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Thanks to the Mother Talk blog tour I got to read a very interesting book called The Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose. I have always been fascinated by the theory of reincarnation. This is not because I believe in the possibility but I like the romantic notion of it all….dying and being reborn, possibly meeting the loved ones from a past life in the present or future.

In the book The Reincarnationist we meet Josh Ryder, a photo journalist on assignment in Rome, Italy. His whole world explodes literally when he becomes the innocent victim of a suicide bomber. He is badly injured and nearly loses his life but through medical intervention he heals only to realize that nothing will ever be the same. He is having what he thinks are bizarre hallucinations only to slowly realize that they are memories…from his past lives.

In his strongest of memories he recalls that he was Julian…a Roman priest that tragically falls in love and has an affair with a vestal virgin of the temple…a forbidden love. If anyone was to find out about their union his beloved Sabine would be imprisoned in a tomb to suffocate and he would be put to death as well. As they both struggle to hide their secret they also fight against the forces that seek to covert their Roman society from a pagan religion to Christianity and do so with deadly force. They make plans to escape with one of the temple treasures and find a life somewhere else…if only they have enough time.

Josh Ryder is torn by these painful memories and in his attempts to make peace with what is happening to him he seeks the help of The Phoenix Foundation, a research facility that specializes in past life regenerations. His findings there lead him to an archaeological dig were he hopes to put the pieces together only to be further assaulted by memories of lives past when he realizes that the tomb they are excavating is that of his beloved Sabine. Clutched in hands, the corpse Sabine holds onto a box with a treasure that can unlock all the mysteries of Josh’s past lives…the memory stones. Unfortunately there are other people who want the stones as well and they kill for them…leading Josh on a wild hunt to find a murderer and the reincarnation of his beloved Sabine.

Is the killer someone from the past who wants to reclaim their memories or is it someone that seeks to keep the truth about reincarnation a secret so that the very foundation of Christianity is not torn apart? This thriller takes us on wild and suspenseful ride.

Visit M.J. Rose’s Web site and blog.

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