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The Secret of the Shroud - Origin of the Relic (The relics of the Templars Book 1)
THE SECRET OF THE SHROUD – ORIGIN OF THE RELIC
A breathtaking self-published novel by Lanfranco Pesci.
For any question or info, contact the author on facebook account “Lanfranco Pesci Scrittoreâ€.
During a quiet night, the sheets that were part of the sepulchral set of Christ are stolen from the cathedrals where they have been kept for centuries. The Holy Shroud in Turin, the Holy Face in Manoppello, the Sudarium in Oviedo, the Holy Cap in Cahors, the Holy Canvases in Kornelimunster and the Holy Sudarium in Carcassonne. Nobody is spared. Behind the thefts, the hand of a mysterious sect who decides to analyzed them in great secrecy to unveil the mystery that surrounds the sheets. Will they be moved by a simple desire to know or will they have something more macabre in mind?
The Grand Master of the Order of the Templars calls his best men to the castle to look for the trail of the lost sheets. Marco, retired to private life to cultivate the love he feels for Paola; Elisa, trained in great secrecy by Professor Lunardi, an influential member of the Order, who disappeared under unclear circumstances; Aldo and Stefano, veterans of the Order of the Temple; Antonio, Lorenzo and Giovanna, young recruits at the end of their training. All initiated into the art of assassins, trained in the practices of espionage and esoteric knowledge.
Helped by Lamech, a former mercenary who converted to papal spy and hampered by Sigmund, an enigmatic necromancer extraordinarily fascinated by the experiments of Girolamo Segato, the protagonists reach the place where it is about to consume an incredible and macabre sacrifice.
The prophecy of Nostradamus is about to come true.
Some doctors and scholars are kidnapped and called to compose an ad hoc team with the sole objective of discovering the truth about the Holy Sheets. The research leads to a completely unexpected conclusion: the Holy Shroud is authentic, but with it, also all the other drapes. Professor Morcaldi, an expert in radiocarbon dating, discovers through which process the image of a crucified man has been formed on the linen cloth; finally the truth is about to come to the surface.
Deception, betrayals and twists follow one another in a novel that sees as battles theaters some of the most evocative places in Europe.
Will the protagonists ever manage to return the Holy Relics to their legitimate owners?
Will humanity be ready to discover through which process the image imprinted on the most revered and acclaimed sepulchral cloth of Christ was formed?
But even more, will humanity be ready to discover what is the connection between the Holy Shroud and the notorious Holy Grail?
The solution of the enigma will give an answer, but this depends only on you.
Available for editors publishing proposal.
