The Codex (Paperback)

T.D. Freiberg

ISBN 10: 150896985X / ISBN 13: 9781508969853

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

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Paperback. A secret hidden for over 2000 years The ruthless trade in illicit artifacts. In the balance: The fate of Christianity.br> A codex of secret knowledge, dictated by Jesus of Nazareth as he awaited crucifixion, arrives at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. The task of separating and deciphering the rust-encrusted lead/copper plates falls to the Institute's Professor of Hermeneutics, ex-priest Thomas Constantine. As the American-born Constantine begins the authentication process, fate makes it personal. An international dealer in black-market antiquities steals the artifact and kidnaps Constantine's fiance. The codex leads Constantine from a forest deep in the Tiber Valley to a pitch-black tunnel in the labyrinth-like bowels of the Roman Colosseum where he must decide: obliterate the roots of his religion or ignite a jihad the likes of which the world has never seen. Which will he choose? This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Codex (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 150896985X
• ISBN 13: 9781508969853
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A secret hidden for over 2000 years
The ruthless trade in illicit artifacts.
In the balance: The fate of Christianity.


A codex of secret knowledge, dictated by Jesus of Nazareth as he awaited crucifixion, arrives at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. The task of separating and deciphering the rust-encrusted lead/copper plates falls to the Institute’s Professor of Hermeneutics, ex-priest Thomas Constantine.
As the American-born Constantine begins the authentication process, fate makes it personal. An international dealer in black-market antiquities steals the artifact and kidnaps Constantine’s fiancé.
The codex leads Constantine from a forest deep in the Tiber Valley to a pitch-black tunnel in the labyrinth-like bowels of the Roman Colosseum where he must decide: obliterate the roots of his religion or ignite a jihad the likes of which the world has never seen.
Which will he choose?

About the Author

T. D. (Terry) Freiberg hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan. After vetting for a Top Secret Clearance, he served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War aboard a secret communications ship in the Gulf of Tonkin that routed all communications between Saigon and Washington, D.C. Freiberg co-founded a chain of home entertainment specialty stores in Michigan and later a web-based business in Tampa, Florida that specialized in importing and distributing exotic automotive waxes, polishes, and cleaners. He has traveled the world extensively and when not writing can be found tweaking his vacuum-tube music system. He now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife of forty-eight years.