THE HILDEGARD PROPHECIES

Before the First

THE HILDEGARD PROPHECIES

THE THORN BIRDS, THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, THE EXORCIST and THE DA VINCI CODE converge in this sweeping historical-fiction series.

A forgotten prophecy. A murdered father. A destiny that will span generations.

In 1167, the German abbess Hildegard of Bingen receives seven extraordinary visions foretelling humanity's final struggle between good and evil. Believing they are meant for a distant age, she records them as seven mysterious "Keys," each destined to turn eight centuries in the future—in our own time.

The First Key begins to turn in 1917 when the Virgin Mary appears to three shepherd children at Fatima, Portugal. But was there another secret, one hidden from the world and guarded through the centuries?

Then, in 1936, a gifted young Italian is hurled to his death from the side of a mountain, setting in motion a chain of mysterious events known only to a select few as The Seven Keys. Before his murder, he unknowingly fathers a son whose very existence must remain hidden from powerful forces determined to destroy an ancient prophecy before it can unfold.

With the quiet assistance of a compassionate young priest named Albino Luciani and a secret Vatican operation, the child's frightened mother escapes to America, carrying with her the future of a bloodline that will one day alter the course of history.

As Europe descends toward war, popes, bishops, secret societies and ordinary men and women become caught in an invisible struggle stretching across generations. Some believe they are shaping history. Others have no idea that history has already chosen them.

Meticulously researched and richly imagined, The Hildegard Prophecies is the first novel in an epic historical saga spanning more than a century. Blending real Church and world history with compelling fiction, award-winning author David Dupuis leads readers from the Vatican to New York City, from the quiet shores of Georgian Bay to the great events of the twentieth century, weaving together faith and doubt, miracles and murder, destiny and free will in a story where truth and fiction become almost impossible to separate.

The ending remains unwritten.

But one thing is certain.

The march toward Armageddon has begun.

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