The stone testament
By: F. Aquino
Publisher: Blencowe Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: West Leederville, W.A.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780980344523
Subjects: Fiction; Apocryphal Gospels; Archaeologists; Doctoral students; Catholic ex-priests; Popes; Prophecy
Description: "Adventure/thriller about Maggie Pietra, a young Italian archaeologist who discovers a claystone testament written in code proving that Simon of Cyrene took Jesus' place on the Cross, causing the long-prophesied Crucifixion and Resurrection to misfire on its first attempt. Riddles and half-leads take Maggie on a dangerous journey from the USA to Libya, through Mauritania to Italy, while the Pope and a renegade Cardinal inadvertently start the clock ticking for the final piece of a 2000-year-long prophesy cycle to fall into place. The Resurrection is then poised for its second attempt, awaiting only Maggie to play her vital but unsuspected role."--Provided by publisher.