Our Story
Solving Mysteries
As the co-authors of The Babylon Code, we never imagined that our characters would begin solving an ancient mystery. Being fans of adventure novels, we had wanted our characters to struggle with an unsolvable mystery, as a symbol of the discontents of modern life. At a time when it seems that all the great discoveries have already been achieved, we felt that an impossible mystery would give our adventure story a modern sense of realism, or even pessimism, about what is possible in our troubled world today.
A dream come true
But as it turns out, our world is not hopeless after all. Our characters showed us that impossible dreams can still come true. While our protagonists (Danielle Dawson in the 1930s and her grandson Sam Romero in our time) began solving the clues one by one, we realized that our modern sense of diminished possibilities is merely an illusion. It just took a 1930s-era British spy and her dashing grandson to set us straight.
Based on a true story
Thus humbled, we invite you to join our characters’ surprising journey with us. Based on the true story behind one of the world’s greatest adventure movies, our fictional characters uncover a startling truth that had been lost for centuries. While some of our readers may be disappointed by the optimistic tone of the first novel in our series, we remain hopeful that we can explore darker themes in our next novel. Assuming our characters don’t surprise us first, of course.
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The Authors
Paul Donsbach
Paul Donsbach is a part-time author with a law practice based in California. With an interest in ancient history and the world’s diverse spiritual traditions, he has enjoyed traveling widely to Europe, Egypt and the Near East. He is the proud father of two children living in Chicago and Sweden.
Alia Sina
Alia Sina holds a law degree and undergraduate and master’s degrees in the arts and sciences. Raised by first-generation American parents, she draws strength from her cultural and religious traditions and her parents’ stories from Afghanistan and their successes in a new home. As the mother of young children in a small community, she writes pseudonymously for now.
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