Rise of the Mystics - (Beyond the Circle) by Ted Dekker (Paperback)

About the Book

Master of suspense Dekker returns with the powerhouse conclusion to the sweeping, two-novel quest that began with "The 49." Humanity is days from falling into darkness forever and only one girl can bring it back from the brink. But first she must find the Five Seals of Truth, a quest she was born to undertake, or die trying.

Book Synopsis

Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are all wrong.

Rachelle Matthews, who grew up in the small town of Eden, Utah, discovered just how wrong when she dreamed and awoke in another world. There she learned that she was the 49th Mystic, the prophesied one, tasked with finding five ancient seals before powerful enemies destroy her. If Rachelle succeeds in her quest, peace will reign. If she fails, the world will forever be locked in darkness.

In The 49th Mystic, Rachelle found the first three of those five seals through great peril and mind-altering adventure. But two seals remain hidden and the fate of both worlds hangs in their balance.

As Rachelle Matthews sits deep in a dungeon, Vlad Smith is just getting started. Thomas Hunter's world is about to be turned inside out. The mystics say that there is no defense against the Fifth Seal--but finding it will cost Rachelle everything.

So begins the final volume of high stakes in one girl's quest to find an ancient path that will save humanity. The clock is ticking; the end rushes forward.

Ready? Set?

Dream.

From the Back Cover

"A profound and multilayered allegorical tale."--Library Journal, starred review of The 49th Mystic

"An absorbing thriller that convincingly blurs the lines between fantasy and reality."--Publishers Weekly on Red

"[Dekker's writing] may be a genre unto itself."--New York Times on A.D. 30

"Ted Dekker is a true master of thrillers."--Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author on BoneMan's Daughters

"A daring and completely riveting thriller."--Booklist on The Priest's Graveyard

"Beguiling, compelling, challenging, and riveting."--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author on The Priest's Graveyard

"A tour-de-force of suspense that demands to be read in one sitting."--James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author on BoneMan's Daughters

"Utterly compelling and completely original."--Douglas Preston, co-creator of the famed Pendergast series on The Priest's Graveyard

"[It] will haunt you--long after you want it to."--Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Fate and The Inner Circle on The Priest's Graveyard

About the Author

Ted Dekker is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels, with over 10 million copies sold worldwide. He was born in the jungles of Indonesia to missionary parents, and his upbringing as a stranger in a fascinating and sometimes frightening culture fueled his imagination. Dekker's passion is simple--to explore truth through mind-bending stories that invite readers to see the world through a different lens. His fiction has been honored with numerous awards, including two Christy Awards, two Inspy Awards, an RT Reviewers' Choice Award, and an ECPA Gold Medallion. In 2013, NPR readers nationwide put him in the Top 50 Thriller Authors of All Time. Dekker lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Lee Ann.