# The Secret of Sarek — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Secret of Sarek by Maurice Leblanc.

- [The Secret of Sarek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/the-secret-of-sarek.md): Véronique d'Hergemont continues her investigation on the island of Sarek, uncovering the mysterious secret that links the ancient prophecy of the thirty coffins to the Vorski family's dark legacy. She discovers hidden pa
- [The Deserted Cabin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/i-the-deserted-cabin.md): Véronique d'Hergemont, prompted by a detective's letter, travels to a remote cabin in Brittany where she discovers her own maiden signature inscribed on the door. Inside, she finds the mutilated corpse of an old man, dee
- [II: On the Edge of the Atlantic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/ii-on-the-edge-of-the-atlantic.md): Véronique follows a trail of mysterious inscriptions marked with her maiden initials and numbers, leading her to the beach at Beg-Meil. There she meets Honorine, a Breton woman who knows her name and reveals that Véroniq
- [III: Vorski's Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/iii-vorski-s-son.md): Véronique arrives on the Isle of Sarek with Honorine, eager to reunite with her son François, whom she believes to be gentle and kind. However, upon reaching the Priory, she witnesses François shooting her father, M. d'H
- [IV: The Poor People of Sarek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/iv-the-poor-people-of-sarek.md): Véronique tends to Honorine's wound and discovers the bodies of her father Antoine and Marie Le Goff. She struggles with the revelation that her son François is Vorski's son and a murderer. Honorine, driven mad by grief 

> 15 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_secret_of_sarek_se_598kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Four Women Crucified](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/v-four-women-crucified.md)
- [All's Well](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/vi-all-s-well.md)
- [VII: François and Stéphane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/vii-fran-ois-and-st-phane.md)
- [VIII: Anguish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/viii-anguish.md)
- [IX: The Death-Chamber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/ix-the-death-chamber.md)
- [X: The Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/x-the-escape.md)
- [XI: The Scourge of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/xi-the-scourge-of-god.md)
- [XII: The Ascent of Golgotha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/xii-the-ascent-of-golgotha.md)
- [XIII: “Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/xiii-eloi-eloi-lama-sabachthani.md)
- [XIV: The Ancient Druid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/xiv-the-ancient-druid.md)
- [XV: The Hall of the Underground Sacrifices](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/xv-the-hall-of-the-underground-sacrifices.md)
- [XVI: The Hall of the Kings of Bohemia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/xvi-the-hall-of-the-kings-of-bohemia.md)
- [Cruel Prince, Obeying Destiny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/xvii-cruel-prince-obeying-destiny.md)
- [The God-Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/xviii-the-god-stone.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_sarek_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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