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In Saecula Saeculorum
Intrigue and Espionage. Time Travel to Ancient Rome. Love and Loss. Laughter and Tears.
They've been unwittingly prepared to go back in time to save the modern world. And they don't have a prayer of getting home alive from this top secret mission. But I wouldn't bet against them.
They've been unwittingly prepared to go back in time to save the modern world. And they don't have a prayer of getting home alive from this top secret mission. But I wouldn't bet against them.
328 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 8, 2012
About the author
Keith Massey
14 books9 followersI'm a musician, author, and public high school Latin teacher.
I'm the author of Intermediate Arabic for Dummies. On my website, www.keithmassey.com, I provide free resources for anyone who would like to learn Arabic, Latin, Spanish, or Romanian.
I'm originally from Madison, Wisconsin, where I got my PhD in Biblical Hebrew and Arabic, with my undergrad in Latin and Greek.
My action adventure novels follow the life of Andrew Valquist, soldier, scholar, and spy.
I myself served for four years as an Arabic linguist at the Top Secret National Security Agency (NSA) after 9/11. I was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Civilian Service Medal for service performed in Iraq in 2004.
As a result of my unique background, I am able to tell action adventure stories with authentic details of espionage trade craft.
Start with A Place of Brightness for the story of how Andrew and his twin were trained in their youth for battle, only to find they would need their skills when least expected.
Continue with Amor Vincit Omnia to follow Andrew as he begins work at the Top Secret National Security Agency himself.
Next in the series is the novel Next Stop: Spanish, in which Andrew Valquist and his nephew are pulled into international intrigue while on a vacation in Spain. In the course of the story, the reader incrementally learns enough Spanish to perform a basic conversation, while simultaneously experiencing an espionage adventure.
The latest novel in the series, In Saecula Saeculorum, features four students of Andrew Valquist who are unwittingly trained for a mission set in ancient Rome, to which these four young people must travel to retrieve crucial information to save the world from an imminent catastrophe.
I'm the author of Intermediate Arabic for Dummies. On my website, www.keithmassey.com, I provide free resources for anyone who would like to learn Arabic, Latin, Spanish, or Romanian.
I'm originally from Madison, Wisconsin, where I got my PhD in Biblical Hebrew and Arabic, with my undergrad in Latin and Greek.
My action adventure novels follow the life of Andrew Valquist, soldier, scholar, and spy.
I myself served for four years as an Arabic linguist at the Top Secret National Security Agency (NSA) after 9/11. I was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Civilian Service Medal for service performed in Iraq in 2004.
As a result of my unique background, I am able to tell action adventure stories with authentic details of espionage trade craft.
Start with A Place of Brightness for the story of how Andrew and his twin were trained in their youth for battle, only to find they would need their skills when least expected.
Continue with Amor Vincit Omnia to follow Andrew as he begins work at the Top Secret National Security Agency himself.
Next in the series is the novel Next Stop: Spanish, in which Andrew Valquist and his nephew are pulled into international intrigue while on a vacation in Spain. In the course of the story, the reader incrementally learns enough Spanish to perform a basic conversation, while simultaneously experiencing an espionage adventure.
The latest novel in the series, In Saecula Saeculorum, features four students of Andrew Valquist who are unwittingly trained for a mission set in ancient Rome, to which these four young people must travel to retrieve crucial information to save the world from an imminent catastrophe.
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March 19, 2014
The second I was done reading this book, I began to miss the characters within it. I had been on an adventure with them. These fine young people had faced unbelievable trials. I laughed with them, cried with them, and worried about them non-stop.
And so I re-read the thing just to see it all through again.
Now, this novel is so many things. It's an opportunity to learn a little Latin as you travel back in time to Ancient Rome with these kids. It's a travelogue from Britain to Rome and back. It's funny, it's sad, it's exciting.
It's a very nice novel for homeschoolers to assign to high school aged students. It will be interesting to them, while also instilling values homeschoolers like myself aim for. I've been able to find in a google search that the author is a Christian. And there are practicing Christian characters in the story who have to grapple with faith issues on their adventure. The book doesn't preach, but Christian themes abound.
I don't want to give anything away, but the novel also includes a Pro-Life message at one point that is somewhere between subtle and blatant. Again, I don't know the author's intent, but, at any rate, homeschoolers will be comfortable having their children read this book for all the learning of Latin and history, as well as adventure, that it includes.
And so I re-read the thing just to see it all through again.
Now, this novel is so many things. It's an opportunity to learn a little Latin as you travel back in time to Ancient Rome with these kids. It's a travelogue from Britain to Rome and back. It's funny, it's sad, it's exciting.
It's a very nice novel for homeschoolers to assign to high school aged students. It will be interesting to them, while also instilling values homeschoolers like myself aim for. I've been able to find in a google search that the author is a Christian. And there are practicing Christian characters in the story who have to grapple with faith issues on their adventure. The book doesn't preach, but Christian themes abound.
I don't want to give anything away, but the novel also includes a Pro-Life message at one point that is somewhere between subtle and blatant. Again, I don't know the author's intent, but, at any rate, homeschoolers will be comfortable having their children read this book for all the learning of Latin and history, as well as adventure, that it includes.
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