In the sequel to the bestselling Fabric of Man, the pope has kidnapped a six-year-old boy from his soccer game, causing Dr. Miller and Dolan to spring into action again. The pope is regaining the child he created to determine if he is the clone of Jesus Christ.

Meanwhile, Dolan's protege, Leary, is on a different mission: to rescue a woman from the United States who is carrying a new clone from the genetic materials on the Spear of Longinus, currently on display in a museum in Vienna. We are invited to follow the Spear as it travels through history, revealing secrets about...