365 Days of Books of Interest: Day #267 (for Sunday): Labyrinth

I remember watching the Labyrinth two part miniseries when it aired on The CW network a few years ago. To be honest, I was actually surprised that something like this even aired on there, it doesn't quite fit in with the network's normal programing.

At the time when I first watched the miniseries, I didn't know it was based on a book. I really like the miniseries, it's very intriguing. I can best describe it as being historical fiction meets thriller with the story taking place in two different eras. It also felt as if there was a supernatural element to the story.

With that said I would love to read the book, hopefully it's as exciting (if not more so) than the miniseries.

Book: Labyrinth (Languedoc book #1) by Kate Mosse

Description:

July 2005. In the Pyrenees mountains near Carcassonne, Alice, a volunteer at an archaeological dig, stumbles into a cave and makes a startling discovery-two crumbling skeletons, strange writings on the walls, and the pattern of a labyrinth.

Eight hundred years earlier, on the eve of a brutal crusade that will rip apart southern France, a young woman named Alais is given a ring and a mysterious book for safekeeping by her father. The book, he says, contains the secret of the true Grail, and the ring, inscribed with a labyrinth, will identify a guardian of the Grail. Now, as crusading armies gather outside the city walls of Carcassonne, it will take a tremendous sacrifice to keep the secret of the labyrinth safe.