{"id":15605,"date":"2023-02-19T11:10:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=15605"},"modified":"2023-02-19T16:19:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:19:42","slug":"the-key-of-solomon-by-howard-f-clarke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=15605","title":{"rendered":"The Key of Solomon by Howard F. Clarke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"15612\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=15612\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230219-161357_YahooMail.jpg?fit=720%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20230219-161357_Yahoo Mail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230219-161357_YahooMail.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230219-161357_YahooMail.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230219-161357_YahooMail.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230219-161357_YahooMail.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230219-161357_YahooMail.jpg?resize=416%2C624&amp;ssl=1 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230219-161357_YahooMail.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Addictive\u2026 compulsively readable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clarke\u2019s latest novel is an ambitious tale crammed with occultic intrigue and investigative drama. Jack Salter, a facilitator for the NYPD, is sent to New Mexico to bring down Alexander Kale, the CEO of a powerful corporation and the man behind an ancient cult\u2019s rise in the state. As Jack begins to dig deeper into Kale\u2019s activities, he discovers his corporation is just a cover-up, and Kale is, in fact, a dangerous occultist who is seeking to acquire the Key of Solomon to dominate the globe. Clarke builds suspense with a hefty dose of menace, and the storyline is crafted with believable immediacy. Jack is an infectious hero: the steadfast determination with which he confronts his nemesis will have readers cheering for him. Clarke sets an explosive pace as Jack races against time to locate the key and saves the world from impending destruction. Making smooth transitions between a horde of places and points of views, he steers the narrative to an immensely satisfying conclusion. A page-turner that will please both conspiracy buffs and thriller addicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Key of Solomon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A Last Days Novel &#8211; Expanded Edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Howard F. Clarke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Key-Solomon-Novel-Last-Days\/dp\/144048631X\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Key-Solomon-Novel-Last-Days\/dp\/144048631X\" target=\"_blank\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Western Gate Books<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date February 10, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 978-1734774627<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price 10.00 (USD) Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addictive\u2026 compulsively readable. Clarke\u2019s latest novel is an ambitious tale crammed with occultic intrigue and investigative drama. Jack Salter, a facilitator for the NYPD, is sent to New Mexico to bring down Alexander Kale, the CEO of a powerful corporation and the man behind an ancient cult\u2019s rise in the state. As Jack begins to dig deeper into Kale\u2019s activities, he discovers his corporation is just a cover-up, and Kale is, in fact, a dangerous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":15612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[343444316],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,46313448,1136176,1473,1008073,856121,309,4965455,349],"class_list":["post-15605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-action-and-thrillers","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-conspiracy-thrillers","tag-indie-books","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-thrillers-and-suspense","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-43H","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot_20230219-161357_YahooMail.jpg?fit=720%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15605"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15613,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15605\/revisions\/15613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}