The sacred blood
By: by Michael Byrnes
Publisher: Pocket; Pocket Books; Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847392633; 9781847399175
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Fiction; Jewish sects; Women scientists; Antiquities
Description: The dust has barely begun to settle in the Holy Land after a terrible raid on Temple Mount when a group of archaeologists in the Judean desert stumble across a secret room inside a cave. The walls are covered with Egyptian hieroglyphs and other symbols, including the curious image of a dolphin wrapped around a trident. They also uncover a clay jar that has the same symbol on it that contains an ancient scroll... Meanwhile there is a covert and ruthless sect who call themselves The Sons of Light who are planning to turn the world upside down. They hold an ancient secret but they still need a very specific strain of DNA - the DNA from a human skeleton, 2,000 years old, stolen from beneath the Temple Mount. When they find out that American scientist Charlotte Hennesey shares this DNA, the race is truly on to kidnap the girl and prepare for the final battle.