Blood Symbols

ISBN-13: 9780620747851 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 446 str.

Izak Botha

Opis

Jennifer Jaine is a lapsed PhD student in religious studies who detests lies. Yet, to gain access to the world's most clandestine library, the Vatican Secret Archives, to view the world's most controversial bible, the Codex Vaticanus, Jennifer invents her qualifications as a journalist for a world-renowned publication. Lying when facing the world's oldest and most powerful institution is perhaps not the best approach, but she fears failure more than she hates lies. Driven by skepticism, Jennifer locks horns with the cardinal librarian. Her challenge to age-old Catholic traditions, which incidentally constitute the cornerstones of her own Protestant faith, raises the cardinal's hackles. Incensed by Jennifer's impertinence, he calls on the security personnel to escort her from the premises. Failure looms as Jennifer takes flight. Desperate to make the trip worth her while, she breaks into the library's underground bunker. When she inadvertently uncovers the mysterious "Q" manuscript, the hypothesized source of the Synoptic Gospels that the Vatican fiercely denies to exist, she realizes the story could jump-start her career-if she doesn't die first Thus begins her journey: her flight from the oppressors who will go to any lengths to keep their deception from exposure; her breakneck abduction by a Turk accused of stealing a secret artifact and murdering a priest; her adventure falling madly in love; and, when she helps exhume the long-buried remains of a celebrated biblical figure, her discovery that this challenges the integrity of the apostolic succession of the Bishop of Rome. With the Vatican's claim that it wields the "power and authority of God" on the line, the implications of Jennifer's revelations are staggering.