The Masada Scroll: A Thriller

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Tor Publishing Group, Nov 27, 2007 - Fiction - 352 pages

In the great tradition of novels like The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas and, more recently, Christ the Lord by Anne Rice and Stone Tables by Orson Scott Card, The Masada Scroll is bold and reverent, with deep and important meaning for today's world.

At the heart of this timely novel is the discovery of a previously unknown gospel that predates the four gospels of the New Testament. The scroll introduces a mysterious symbol that combines the Star of David, the Cross of Christianity and the Crescent and Star of Islam. None of these symbols existed at the time the Gospel was written, adding to the mystery that Michael Flannery, an Irish priest, must unravel.

Flannery discovers that the symbol represents the Trevia Dei, or Three Paths to God. At the heart of Jesus' message is the unity of the paths that lead to God. The true meaning of Trevia Dei has become perverted over the centuries, turning the message of unity into a single path to salvation.

But there are those who do not want the message of this wonderful book of light and love brought to our troubled world, who have chosen to separate rather than unite God's children.

The Masada Scroll is the story of the new Apostles who struggle to bring the simple message of Jesus back into a world desperate for joy.

The Masada Scroll is a tale of the timeless quest for spiritual truth and redemption. It is a story that will change the way you look at the world...and your own heart.


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Contents

CHAPTER 1
1
CHAPTER 2
8
CHAPTER 3
15
CHAPTER 4
26
CHAPTER 5
32
CHAPTER 6
40
CHAPTER 7
46
CHAPTER 8
52
COPYRIGHT
348
CHAPTER 1
1
CHAPTER 2
8
CHAPTER 3
15
CHAPTER 4
26
CHAPTER 5
32
CHAPTER 6
40
CHAPTER 7
46

CHAPTER 9
57
CHAPTER 10
64
CHAPTER 11
72
CHAPTER 12
80
CHAPTER 13
87
CHAPTER 14
92
CHAPTER 15
98
CHAPTER 16
104
CHAPTER 17
108
CHAPTER 18
113
CHAPTER 19
120
CHAPTER 20
129
CHAPTER 21
139
CHAPTER 22
148
CHAPTER 23
158
CHAPTER 24
164
CHAPTER 25
171
CHAPTER 26
178
CHAPTER 27
186
CHAPTER 28
194
CHAPTER 29
200
CHAPTER 30
205
CHAPTER 31
214
CHAPTER 32
222
CHAPTER 33
229
CHAPTER 34
235
CHAPTER 35
241
CHAPTER 36
252
CHAPTER 37
259
CHAPTER 38
267
CHAPTER 39
276
CHAPTER 40
283
CHAPTER 41
289
CHAPTER 42
300
CHAPTER 43
309
CHAPTER 44
321
CHAPTER 45
332
AUTHORS NOTE
341
COVER
344
TITLE
347
CHAPTER 8
52
CHAPTER 9
57
CHAPTER 10
64
CHAPTER 11
72
CHAPTER 12
80
CHAPTER 13
87
CHAPTER 14
92
CHAPTER 15
98
CHAPTER 16
104
CHAPTER 17
108
CHAPTER 18
113
CHAPTER 19
120
CHAPTER 20
129
CHAPTER 21
139
CHAPTER 22
148
CHAPTER 23
158
CHAPTER 24
164
CHAPTER 25
171
CHAPTER 26
178
CHAPTER 27
186
CHAPTER 28
194
CHAPTER 29
200
CHAPTER 30
205
CHAPTER 31
214
CHAPTER 32
222
CHAPTER 33
229
CHAPTER 34
235
CHAPTER 35
241
CHAPTER 36
252
CHAPTER 37
259
CHAPTER 38
267
CHAPTER 39
276
CHAPTER 40
283
CHAPTER 41
289
CHAPTER 42
300
CHAPTER 43
309
CHAPTER 44
321
CHAPTER 45
332
AUTHORS NOTE
341
Copyright

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Paul Block,Robert Vaughan
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Paul Block,Robert Vaughan
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Paul Block,Robert Vaughan
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About the author (2007)

Paul Block is the author of sixteen novels and the former editor-in-chief of Book Creations Inc., a book producer specializing in historical fiction. Block is also a working journalist and photographer. He currently is executive producer of timesunion.com, the Web site of the Times Union newspaper in Albany, New York. His photography is featured at paulblock.com. Block grew up in Glen Cove, New York, and attended the State University of New York at Binghamton and Empire State College. He has two grown children and lives in the Albany area.

Robert Vaughan sold his first book when he was 19 years old. That was 50 years, nearly 250 titles, and 20 million books ago. Writing under 35 pseudonyms, he has hit the New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists twice.

His book Survival (under the pseudonym K.C. McKenna) won the Spur Award for best western novel (1994), The Power and the Pride won the Porgie for best paperback original (1976), and Brandywine's War was named by the Canadian University Symposium of Literature as the best iconoclastic novel to come from the Vietnam War. He was inducted into the Writers' Hall of Fame in 1998.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Masada Scroll: A Thriller
AuthorsPaul Block, Robert Vaughan
PublisherTor Publishing Group, 2007
ISBN1429970022, 9781429970020
Length352 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Multiple Timelines
Fiction / Religious
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