480 pages. Cover worn.A Dead Sea Scroll has lain undisturbed in a cave near Qumran for nearly two thousand years. The Omega S croll contains both a terrible warning for civilisation and the c oded number the Vatican fears the most. The Pope's health is fai ling and the Cardinal Secretary of State, the ruthless Lorenzo Pe troni, has the keys to St Peter within his grasp. Three things th reaten to destroy him: Cardinal Giovanni Donnelli has started an investigation into the Vatican bank; journalist Tom Schweiker is looking into Petroni's past; and the brilliant Dr Angela Bassetti is piecing together fragments of the Omega Scroll. While they fi ght for their lives in a deadly race for the scroll, the Vatican will stop at nothing to keep the prophecy hidden. At the CIA's h eadquarters in Virginia, Mike McKinnon suspects a number of missi ng nuclear suitcase bombs are connected to the warning in the Ome ga Scroll. In the Judaen Desert a few more grains of sand trickl e from the wall of a cave. The countdown for civilisation has beg un.
A Dead Sea Scroll has lain undisturbed in a cave near Qumran for nearly two thousand years. The Omega Scroll contains both a terrible warning for civilisation and the coded number the Vatican fears the most. The Pope's health is failing and the Cardinal Secretary of State, the ruthless Lorenzo Petroni, has the keys to St Peter within his grasp. Three things threaten to destroy him: Cardinal Giovanni Donnelli has started an investigation into the Vatican bank; journalist Tom Schweiker is looking into Petroni's past; and the brilliant Dr Angela Bassetti is piecing together fragments of the Omega Scroll. While they fight for their lives in a deadly race for the scroll, the Vatican will stop at nothing to keep the prophecy hidden. At the CIA's headquarters in Virginia, Mike McKinnon suspects a number of missing nuclear suitcase bombs are connected to the warning in the Omega Scroll. In the Judaen Desert a few more grains of sand trickle from the wall of a cave. The countdown for civilisation has begun.
When the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in a desert cave, they threw new light on the scriptures of the Christian Church. But in this novel, one scroll, the Omega Scroll, mysteriously disappears and the knowledge it contains is lost to humankind. Legend has it that those who come into contact with the scroll never see daylight again. 2006. A fine, unmarked copy.
A Dead Sea Scroll has lain undisturbed in a cave near Qumran for nearly two thousand years. The Omega Scroll contains both a terrible warning for civilisation and the coded number the Vatican fears the most. The Pope's health is failing and the Cardinal Secretary of State, the ruthless Lorenzo Petroni, has the keys to St Peter within his grasp. Three things threaten to destroy him: Cardinal Giovanni Donnelli has started an investigation into the Vatican bank; journalist Tom Schweiker is looking into Petroni's past; and the brilliant Dr Angela Bassetti is piecing together fragments of the Omega Scroll. While they fight for their lives in a deadly race for the scroll, the Vatican will stop at nothing to keep the prophecy hidden. At the CIA's headquarters in Virginia, Mike McKinnon suspects a number of missing nuclear suitcase bombs are connected to the warning in the Omega Scroll. In the Judaen Desert a few more grains of sand trickle from the wall of a cave. The countdown for civilisation has begun.
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At the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, Mike McKinnon is investigating a number of missing nuclear suitcase bombs and suspects they may be connected to the warnings in the Omega Scroll. In the Judaean Desert a few more grains of sand trickle from the wall of a cave. The countdown for civilization has begun. 16 Hours on 14 CDs.
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