Cal Donovan, a theology professor at Harvard, receives an urgent message from a former graduate student, Samia Tedros. 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.

At the Vatican, another drama is developing. The new Pope has defied centuries of tradition and appointed a nun, Sister Elisabetta Celestino, as his secretary of state. Powerful insiders are outraged that a woman now sits as the second most influential person at the Vatican, and they plot to destroy her.

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.

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“Loved this book! So much history and that’s always a plus for me.” Amazon Review

“A dual timeline story, it tells about Mary Magdalene in Jesus’ time in a vastly different role than what we think of, and a bit of papyrus scroll that confirms this. Fast forward to the present, where a young, Harvard educated woman, finds a bit of the scroll when she was commiting a crime. From the Vatican to the Ivy League at Harvard, this story takes off and keeps your interest as you follow Cal Donovan, Harvard professor, as he attempts to figure out what happened. The story begins as a disjointed tale of many people and then the skill of the author is able to bring all of the loose ends together in a fabulously thrilling story.” Amazon Review

“The entire book is mesmerizing! Research and fiction are interwoven into a gripping novel told in two timelines. Thoroughly engaging.” Amazon Reviewer

“I loved this book.I liked the new people Glenn brought into this story. I like the way he keeps the story flowing back and forwards in time and the surprising twist .I like story’s that have unexpected twists to them.He is a really good author.I loved his books so much I bought all of his series and really enjoying them….” Amazon Review