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The Sacred Bones
by Michael Byrnes

Published: 2008-05-01
Mass Market Paperback : 400 pages
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A brazen and violent crime occurs at the crossroads of the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish faiths?the shocking theft of ancient artifacts hidden for many centuries in a secret vault beneath Jerusalem's Temple Mount. In its wake, thirteen Israeli policemen and soldiers are dead?and the ...

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A brazen and violent crime occurs at the crossroads of the Christian, Islamic, and Jewish faiths?the shocking theft of ancient artifacts hidden for many centuries in a secret vault beneath Jerusalem's Temple Mount. In its wake, thirteen Israeli policemen and soldiers are dead?and the fuse is lit on a volatile Mideast powder keg, threatening an explosion that could devastate the world.

In Italy, American forensic scientist Charlotte Hennesey has answered a Vatican summons asking for help. Joining with Italian anthropologist Giovanni Bersei, she embarks upon a perilous journey down a twisted path of revelations prowled by sinister zealots and relentless cold killers. For they must expose the astonishing secrets locked in the ancient bones resting in a newly unearthed burial box?the skeleton of a man who lived and died in the first century; a man who was scourged and stabbed . . . and crucified.

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by kfoulks (see profile) 05/08/09
ITALIAN!!! There used to be a restuarant in Columbus that was an old monastery that changed to a dinner-only restaurant. That would have been a cool place to eat and discuss this book.

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  "A "DaVinci" type book with more weight given to the religion."by Kerri F. (see profile) 05/08/09

I really enjoyed this book. It was "DaVinci"-esque (vatican, Templar, relics etc.), but it truly paid homage to the life and death of Christ, and to the strife between Jews and Palestineans. Well written,... (read more)

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