Parchment

A brutal murder at Aberdeen University and intrepid detective Robert Ross is summoned to attend. Michael Flannery infamous archaeologist and thief is dead. A mysterious parchment potentially extremely damaging to the Catholic Church was discovered by Flannery. The murdered man’s home is burgled another murder an Egyptian thief. The chase is on to find the parchment. Ross sends an SOS to Andrew Beveridge, his only trusted friend. They journey to Egypt to search for the parchment. Ross is abducted and beaten for information leading to its recovery. He escapes incarceration inside a tomb. Andrew travels to Italy, infiltrates The Abbey of St Stefano, cracks the code of the labyrinth and discovers the oldest library in Christendom with thousands of books and parchments hidden from the Vatican. A miracle occurs in Nazareth. Mary and Joseph flee to Egypt to escape the assassins of Herod. Discover the mystery of Jesu and Aaron, chosen by God to bring enlightenment to a terrible and violent world ruled by Rome. Betrayal by the elders in the temple and a crucifiction, a tragic miscarriage of justice. Ross is again threatened and Andrew fights to keep him safe and alive. A brotherhood from the Vatican stalks Ross wanting the damning parchment that would turn conventional religion on it head! Mystery and danger lurks around every corner. Deadly assassins and secret guilds, betrayal within his own ranks and Ross is at his wits end. Who to trust as he is constantly threatened.