Ian Dayl - The Voynich manuscript - Patterson Creek stories, #2

With his theory of dream- and reincarnation-based time travel, Dr. Patterson Creek becomes so well known that he is invited to give an increasing number of lectures and to appear as a guest speaker at conferences. On one such occasion, he is visited by a mysterious European businessman, Raymond Deveraux, who claims to possess the infamous Voynich Manuscript, a 240-page book written in a completely unknown language sometime in the early 1400s. Its pages contain indecipherable diagrams and countless unidentified plants. Many researchers have tried to translate and solve the mystery of the manuscript, but so far none have succeeded. As a last resort, Raymond asks the doctor to apply his own methods—reincarnation-based time travel—to interpret the meaning of the text and drawings in the manuscript. After extensive research, Creek eventually finds two people whose souls carry memories from the time the manuscript was created, but one of them undergoes unexpected changes during the treatment. In this sci-fi crime novel, we follow Dr. Patterson Creek's second investigation, filled with thrilling mysteries and twists that lead to an unusual conclusion. The adventure ends in an unexpected way….