The LAST Secret: A Cotten Stone Mystery

Lynn Sholes & Joe Moore
Midnight Ink, Llewellyn Publications (2006)
ISBN 073870931X
Reviewed by Michelle Anne Cox-Lomas for Reader Views (1/07)

Cotten Stone is a news reporter looking for a good scoop that will bring her back into the respectability of the public eye. She was once on the top and was well known for uncovering “The Grail Conspiracy.” Then she thinks she is onto something else that will bring more truth to the people, only to find out that she has been set up and that her new discovery is a fraud. She loses her job and her sense of self worth, but, she never gives up. She knows that there is another story out there that will gain back her great reputation in digging for the truth. She has the courage to go where no woman was allowed to go before and she has the determination to bring the truth into the light. She is no ordinary soul, for her father, was one of the true Fallen Angels from the war that had taken place in heaven with God.

In this, her second adventure, you will find out all about her heritage and how she comes to understand what her true mission is here on Earth. Her current adventure will take you deep into the Peruvian jungle, where a mysterious architectural exploration is taking place and a hidden crystal tablet holds all of the answers about the Great Flood of Noah and the future cleansing of Armageddon. As the encrypted crystal tablet is being analyzed, something strange happens and all of the people that she had been with mysteriously commit suicide in a variety of ways. She sees the tablet being levitated by a swarm of fireflies that are hot enough to set a human being on fire! She runs away and is the only one to barely escape with her life.

She is found in the jungle by a Shaman who helps her to discover her true inner being. He teaches her how to tap into her God given Angelic ability to transform herself, by concentrating, meditating, and tuning into the liquid light. This ability helps her to calm herself of anxiety and realize the truth of other dimensions.

She was told that there were 12 crystal tablets that were given to a variety of cultures to help them survive the Great Flood. She knows that somewhere on the tablet is a message for her, a very special message that will help her to save people during the final cleansing. She needs to find one of the tablets and she gets close to another discovery, but, that slips out of her hands once again. Then, she finds out, from a very good friend at the Vatican, an old friend who she loves very much, that there is only one remaining tablet and they are going to have to do a lot of research and journey far to find it. She knows that she must find it!

The intensity of the world at this time is turning dark, for the Fallen Angels have a plot to take as many souls as they can and turn them completely away from God. The rate of suicides increases daily and people are taking their lives for no apparent reason. Cotten Stone knows that she is on a mission and she has to discover the mystery of the Crystal Tablet before it’s too late. She is constantly being haunted and hunted by the Fallen Angels, for they want to know her every step. They want to stop her from knowing the truth. They will hurt everyone she loves and do anything they can to complete their mission too.

You will journey along with Cotten Stone, and a variety of other great characters, from the jungles of Peru, to the Vatican in Rome, to the desert of New Mexico, and to a variety of other intriguing places. The visual effects are amazing and your imagination will be whirling. Lynn Sholes and Joe Moore are excellent authors, who have the magical ability to use just the right words at just the right times to keep you sitting on the edge of your seat and desiring more.

All of the twists, turns, and various suspenseful situations that go on in this book are truly fascinating. From the first page to the last, you won’t be able to put it down! From the very first day that I started reading this book, I couldn’t think about anything else. The story line is great, the characters you will easily be able to identify with, and the deep philosophical ideas that were weaved throughout the book had me thinking, “Wow, you know, this could really happen some day!” “The LAST Secret” was so great and I feel that it has the potential of being a fantastic movie!

I am excited about reading their other books, “The Grail Conspiracy” Cotten Stone’s first mystery, and their new book, “Indigo Ruby” Cotten Stone’s next mystery, in the very near future! A+++

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