Instead, he is an antihero with a surprising streak of grace. It would have been easy for the author to turn him into one more bored, rich, greedy, soulless caracature. Simon DeMaj is a billionaire who has a reputation for using any means necessary to get what he wants.
The novel is centered around the fight between the man who wants to bring it about so he can rule, and those who become allies in the fight against that happening. Legend has it that they contain a prophesy. This is not the reason for the ruthless search for them, however. For this alone these relics would be priceless. The Cana jars are believed to be the same vessels used during the wedding where Jesus turned water into wine. Little does she know that it will lead to a string of murders, call into question many of her assumptions and put her on the run for her very life. At first she (understandably) wonders if the call is some kind of prank. Late one night Ava Fischer receives a call from an old college friend named Paul Grant asking her to drop everything and hop on a flight to Yemen.
Mystery keeps the reader wanting to know more. Unscrupulous billionaire boss, a drug lord, and corrupt officials. Every step of the way, they’re chased by Paul’s Paul set off on a deadly global adventure to Yemen, Egypt, Malta, and Rome Are the jars authentic, and is there a prophecy somehow hidden in them?īenedict XVI announced that he will resign for the good of the church. Of Cana-the very jars that Jesus used at the Wedding of Cana-and a puzzle to be With a baffling request: could she fly to Yemen immediately? He’s found somethingĮ-mail alludes to what he and his boss, Simon Demaj, have found: the lost jars Adventure, Ava, an MIT graduate student and expert in ancient languages, isĪwakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from an old friend, Paul,
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