Spanish paleographer Patricia Escalona is slaughtered in the Vatican Library while researching one of the oldest manuscripts owned by the Church. Italian police inspector Valentina Ferro calls Tomás, who happens to be the last one who talked to the victim.
Two other killings take place in Ireland and Bulgaria, all involving encrypted messages and biblical riddles that will finally lead Tomás and Valentina to a disturbing analysis of the Bible.
J.R. Dos Santos is a university lecturer and a journalist who covered wars around the globe and is now hosting the evening news in Portugal. He is also the author of seven essays and sixteen novels, all bestsellers in Portugal and abroad.