The Parchment: A Novel

A two-thousand-year-old Jewish document poses a mystery and a threat to the world today. While two professors and a Mafia lawyer try to turn events to their own advantage, the Vatican secretary of state must contain that threat while dealing with problems in the Middle East and a controversial conclave to elect a new pope. This rich, haunting tableau, spanning two thousand years, gives us a timely glimpse into the continuing battle between good and evil?both in ourselves and in the world?and shines a light of profound hope and faith into the darkest recesses of the human soul, our modern life, and world events.