A medieval prayer book, an Irish saint's prophecy of the last pope, and a forgery that changed the church-forever. Father Romano has run afoul of the modern inquisitors before. This time, it leads to a medieval manuscript and murder. Was it an ordinary theft gone wrong or something more? The Carabinieri in Rome would like to know. Michael Romano is an American priest working in the Vatican's Secret Archives with a penchant for stepping over the line. Church Inquisitors have noticed -- and aren't happy. Nevertheless, Romano is also the Church's senior paleographer, an expert in ancient...
A medieval prayer book, an Irish saint's prophecy of the last pope, and a forgery that changed the church-forever. Father Romano has run afoul of the ...