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Sanctus

by Simon Toyne

A man throws himself to his death from the oldest inhabited place on the face of the earth, a mountainous citadel in the historic Turkish city of Ruin. This is no ordinary suicide but a symbolic act. And thanks to the media it is witnessed by the entire world. For charity worker Kathryn Mann and a handful of others in the know, this is the call to action they have been awaiting. For the cowled and secretive fanatics that live in the Citadel, it could mean the end of all they have built - and they will kill, torture and break every law to prevent that happening...

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?