This is an extremely complex and highly innovative novel. Brooke Fieldhouse often leaves his readers to draw their own conclusions as history and dark fantasy collide.
At the heart of the story is the Fournier family: the brothers Joseph, and Jean, and their sister, Helene. They live almost in the shadow of La Vieux Vicente, a Bronze Age burial mound, in Northern France.
The author explores love and hate, familial rivalry, the occult practices of the Nazi hierarchy, ancient burial rituals, reincarnation, and the thin veil separating one world from another as Joseph slips through cracks in time to witness his prehistoric past.
The strength of the novel is in the conflict between the two brothers: one of them working for the French Resistance whilst the other is collaborating with the Nazis.
This novel is ideal for readers looking for something completely original in concept and challenging in its ideology as man, machine and myth battle for supremacy in a time of war.

This is a complex story, about complex people and complex situations. The author manages to convey the story of a family full of secrets and mysticism against a backdrop of war and uncertainty in a brilliant yet unsettling way.
For those who like books set against the backdrop of war and which explore the depth of the characters' emotions and behaviours, Escape from the Temple is a must read.