In this action-packed thriller, a Harvard theology professor uncovers religious and papal history--and plenty of conspiracy.
When Samia shows up at Cal\'s doorstep in the dead of night, he is drawn into a deadly competition to possess a papyrus with the power to rescue Sister Elisabetta and change the course of Christianity..
Powerful insiders are outraged that a woman now sits as the second most influential person at the Vatican, and they plot to destroy her.
The new Pope has defied centuries of tradition and appointed a nun, Sister Elisabetta Celestino, as his secretary of state.
At the Vatican, another drama is developing.
Now a museum conservator in Cairo, Samia has discovered a miraculous fragment of papyrus with three unknown lines from the Gospel of Mary Magdalene so explosive that a wealthy man is willing to kill to ensure no one ever sees it.
Cal Donovan, a theology professor at Harvard, receives an urgent message from a former graduate student, Samia Tedros.
In this action-packed thriller, a Harvard theology professor uncovers religious and papal history--and plenty of conspiracy
