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Ancient scrolls discovered by Rachel Careski threaten the power of the Church. Descendants of Pope Theopolis, sworn to protect Christianity, believe Soren Careski took possession of them after Rachel disappeared--but he is dead. Forty years later, Soren's son, Alex Careski receives an email from a dead man, he is fired from his job, shot at, his car is rammed, and his wife, Simone, is kidnapped. In London, two rare books go missing from the British Museum. The Director of Antiquities disappears. Her colleague is murdered and her would-be lover is caught up in the intrigue. Soren left boxes of diaries in Alex's cellar--will they help unravel the truth about the disappearances of Alex's wife, father, and aunt? Desperate for answers, he travels to Italy where he is kidnapped along with an enterprising young woman who is also embroiled in the deadly mysteries of the ancient scrolls. Boston Herald investigative journalist Alex Careski has been hiding from the truth about his dead father for eight years. And today, his fortieth birthday, is his day of reckoning. A man inexplicably shoots at Alex from the parking garage, in search of an emailed image of an ancient manuscript page from the Hexapla, a highly controversial first-century text comparing different versions of the Christian Bible. The page was emailed from Soren Careski -- Alex's dead father. How could this be? The shooter follows Alex home, shoots through his living room window, searches his home for the missing manuscript and, not finding it, kidnaps Alex's wife Simone. The shooter leaves a single card on Alex's table with the letter "I" written in calligraphy, and on the back the phrase, "am the Inquisition." Beside it is another card with the notation "Rome." Italy? After no cooperation from the Boston Police Department, Alex Careski flies to Rome to follow clues left by the shooter, desperate to find his beloved wife and answers to his mounting list of questions