The Bible of Clay: A Novel

Internationally bestselling author Julia Navarro riveted readers around the world with her provocative novelTheBrotherhood of the Holy Shroud. Now she goes even further, in this electrifying thriller about a biblical discovery in the Iraqi desertand a deadly struggle on the eve of war to unearth a truth thats waited 3,000 years to be told. In St. Peters Basilica, a man sits in a confessional asking forgiveness for a murder hes about to commit. And a young priest begins a desperate journey to stop him. Its the beginning of a ruthless race to find a rumored cache of sacred texts that could be one of the most explosive discoveries of all time. For as Clara Tannenberg and a team of renegade archaeologists journey deep into an Iraq on the brink of war, another far more sinister group is determined to get there first. Sweeping from the time of the biblical patriarchs to the front lines of the Iraqi conflict, from the horrors of Nazi Germany to the back rooms of Washington, D.C.,The Bible of Clayis a novel of unrelenting, thought-provoking, and all-too-plausible suspense.

Author: Julia Navarro

Language: English

Edition: Reprint

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Pages: 704

Publisher: Bantam

Publication Date: 2009-01-27