The Stone Testament

"Adventure/thriller about Maggie Pietra, a young Italian archaeologist who discovers a claystone testament written in code proving that Simon of Cyrene took Jesus' place on the Cross, causing the long-prophesied Crucifixion and Resurrection to misfire on its first attempt. Riddles and half-leads take Maggie on a dangerous journey from the USA to Libya, through Mauritania to Italy, while the Pope and a renegade Cardinal inadvertently start the clock ticking for the final piece of a 2000-year-long prophesy cycle to fall into place. The Resurrection is then poised for its second attempt, awaiting only Maggie to play her vital but unsuspected role."--Provided by publisher.