The Blood Gospel

An earthquake at Masada unearths an unholy tomb—and ignites a desperate race to claim a lost gospel written in Christ’s own blood. In his first-ever collaboration, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins combines his skill for cutting-edge science and historical mystery with award-winning novelist Rebecca Cantrell’s talent for haunting suspense and sensual atmosphere in a gothic tale about an ancient order and the hunt for a miraculous book known only as . . . The Blood Gospel The authors send an archaeologist and an Army Ranger into Masada’s ruins, where an earthquake exposes a crypt sealed since the Roman siege. A secret order of Vatican warriors steps from the shadows to shield the investigators from a predatory cabal. This dark thriller pairs forensic science with occult lore as the hunt tracks a desecrated tomb, a stolen Nazi relic, and Christ’s lost testament. Archaeological Thriller: Dr. Erin Granger uncovers an ancient Essene burial chamber beneath the desert bedrock, where ritual wine baths, myrrh pyres, and silver-tipped crossbow bolts conceal a two-thousand-year-old atrocity. Vampire Mythology: The Order of the Sanguines survives solely on transubstantiated Communion wine, wielding silver karambit daggers against feral strigoi and mutated blasphemare beasts. Secret History: Secret archives beneath the Bavarian abbey of Ettal reveal how World War II Ahnenerbe occultists looted the Judean crypt before retreating to an underwater alpine bunker. Action Adventure: Sergeant Jordan Stone leads high-stakes firefights through collapsing underground catacombs and ancient Roman ruins, armed with custom silver ammunition to neutralize night predators. Also by This Author: Sandstorm, The Last Odyssey and Bone Labyrinth.