The Betrayal - Softcover

Kathleen O'Neal Gear; Michael Gear

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076535456X ISBN 13: 9780765354563

Publisher: Tor Books, 2009

Synopsis

In A.D. 325, Brother Barnabas is a student of the ancient holy texts, books that paint a portrait of Jesus that is radical, heretical, and irresistible. In them, Barnabas finds clues to a secret he must protect at all costs. But the Ecumenical Council of Bishops has just declared his cherished books 'a hotbed of manifold perversity', and decreed that the documents must be burned and that anyone found copying them will be executed. When Barnabas' monastery is attacked, he flees with his trusted companions. But the True Church cannot allow them to find the most sacred place on Earth. In fact, it will do anything to stop them...

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Review:

"I've read many books on Jesus. Few range as widely or as deeply into his life and the early centuries of Christianity as The Betrayal. A passionate book about a man who changed the history of the world." --Thomas Fleming, New York Times bestselling author of Lights Along the Way: Great Stories of American Faith

"This is a unique and creative telling of a vital story and offers a depth of knowledge and information unmatched in any other work of fiction." --Lewis Perdue, New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Legacy

About the Author:

Kathleen O'Neal Gear is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the U.S. Department of the Interior. She has twice received the federal government's Special Achievement Award for ""outstanding management"" of our nation's cultural heritage. W. Michael Gear holds a master's degree in archaeology and has worked as a professional archaeologist since 1978. He is principal investigator for Wind River Archaeological Consultants. Together they have written the North America's Forgotten Past series (People of the Longhouse, The Dawn Country, People of the Mist, People of the Wolf, among others); and the Anasazi Mysteries series. The Gears live in Thermopolis, WY.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 076535456X
• ISBN 13: 9780765354563
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448