The Stone Council (Harvill Crime in Vintage (Paperback))

As a child Diane Thiberge was the victim of an assault. Now aged 30, an ethnologist specializing in the study of predatory animals, and a woman adept in the martial arts, she believes she has at last found a meaning and purpose to her life when she decides to adopt a five-year-old Thai boy, Liu-San, whom she christens Lucien. A nightmare ensues, however. On her return to France, Lucien has an accident and is declared to be brain-dead. A series of murders make Diane realize that her son is no ordinary child, but the prey of sinister and paranormal forces. FOR VIRGINIE LUC......Page 1 CHAPTER 1......Page 2 CHAPTER 2......Page 5 CHAPTER 3......Page 7 CHAPTER 4......Page 10 CHAPTER 5......Page 13 CHAPTER 6......Page 14 CHAPTER 7......Page 18 CHAPTER 8......Page 21 CHAPTER 9......Page 26 CHAPTER 10......Page 28 CHAPTER 11......Page 30 CHAPTER 12......Page 33 CHAPTER 13......Page 36 CHAPTER 14......Page 39 CHAPTER 15......Page 43 CHAPTER 16......Page 47 CHAPTER 17......Page 50 CHAPTER 18......Page 53 CHAPTER 19......Page 55 CHAPTER 20......Page 60 CHAPTER 21......Page 62 CHAPTER 22......Page 64 CHAPTER 23......Page 69 CHAPTER 24......Page 73 CHAPTER 25......Page 74 CHAPTER 26......Page 77 CHAPTER 27......Page 78 CHAPTER 28......Page 83 CHAPTER 29......Page 89 CHAPTER 30......Page 94 CHAPTER 31......Page 96 CHAPTER 32......Page 101 CHAPTER 33......Page 102 CHAPTER 34......Page 105 CHAPTER 35......Page 107 CHAPTER 36......Page 108 CHAPTER 37......Page 114 CHAPTER 38......Page 115 CHAPTER 39......Page 118 CHAPTER 40......Page 119 CHAPTER 41......Page 122 CHAPTER 42......Page 125 CHAPTER 43......Page 127 CHAPTER 44......Page 129 CHAPTER 45......Page 131 CHAPTER 46......Page 134 CHAPTER 47......Page 138 CHAPTER 48......Page 140 CHAPTER 49......Page 142 CHAPTER 50......Page 144 CHAPTER 51......Page 148 CHAPTER 52......Page 149 CHAPTER 53......Page 151 CHAPTER 54......Page 154 CHAPTER 55......Page 156 CHAPTER 56......Page 157 CHAPTER 57......Page 159 CHAPTER 58......Page 160 CHAPTER 59......Page 161 CHAPTER 60......Page 164 CHAPTER 61......Page 166 CHAPTER 62......Page 167 CHAPTER 63......Page 169 CHAPTER 64......Page 171 CHAPTER 65......Page 173 CHAPTER 66......Page 177 CHAPTER 67......Page 181 CHAPTER 68......Page 185 CHAPTER 69......Page 189 CHAPTER 70......Page 191 CHAPTER 71......Page 193 CHAPTER 72......Page 197 Epilogue......Page 203 "As a child, Diane Thiberge had been the victim of an assualt. Now aged 30, an ethnologist specialising in the study of predatory animals, and a woman adept in the martial arts, she believes she has at last found a meaning and purpose to her life when she decides to adopt a five-year-old Thai boy, Liu-San, whom she christens Lucien." "On her return to France, however, Lucien is involved in an accident and is declared to be brain-dead. A series of murders make Diane realise that her son is no ordinary child, but someone who, through no fault of his own, has fallen prey to sinister paranormal forces. In a denouement that takes her from Paris and Germany to the remote mountain fastnesses of Mongolia, she resolves to fight for her son's survival."--BOOK JACKET Diane Thiberge believes she has found a purpose to life when she adopts a five-year-old Thai boy. A nightmare ensues, however, when he is declared brain-dead after an accident. Then a series of murders make her realize that he is no ordinary child, but the prey of sinister and paranormal forces. Diane Thiberge believes she has found a meaning and purpose in her life when she adopts a five-year-old Thai boy. However, a series of murders make Diane realize that her son is no ordinary child, but the prey of sinister and paranormal forces. Diana Thiberge Fights To Save Her Adopted Son After A Car Accident Leaves Him In A Coma, As She Begins To Realize That Sinister Dark Forces Are Behind The Accident.