In a novel Jeffery Deaver has called brilliant, two ancient biblical documents reveal long-buried secrets that could change the world as we know it

In 930 CE, a revered group of scholars pens the first sanctioned Bible, planting the seed from which other major religions will grow. But in 1953, half the manuscript goes missing while being transported from Syria. Around the same time, in the foothills of the Dead Sea, an ancient scroll is discovered and promptly stolen.

Six decades later, both parchments stand at the heart of a geopolitical battle between foreign...