The tenth saint / D.J. Niko.
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TextPublication details: [Aurora, IL] : Medallion Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 438 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781605422459
- 1605422452
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Niko, D. J. | Available | 33111008127421 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Cambridge archaeologist Sarah Weston makes an unusual discovery in the ancient Ethiopian mountain kingdom of Aksum--a sealed tomb with inscriptions in an obscure dialect. Along with her colleague, American anthropologist Daniel Madigan, she tries to identify the entombed man and translate the inscriptions. Tracking down clues in Addis Ababa and the monasteries of Lalibela, Sarah and Daniel uncover a codex in the subterranean library revealing the secret of the tomb--a set of prophecies about Earth's final hours, written by a man hailed by Ethiopian mystics as Coptic Christianity's 10th saint. Faced with violent opposition and left for dead in the heart of the Simien Mountains, Sarah and Daniel survive to journey to Paris, where they're given a 14th-century letter describing the catastrophic events that will lead to the planet's demise. Connecting the two discoveries, Sarah faces a deadly conspiracy to keep the secret buried in order to promote technological advances presently leading toward the prophesied end of the Earth.
During an excavation in the ancient Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum, an archaeologist discovers a sealed tomb with mysterious inscriptions that lead her to a set of prophecies about the Earth's final hours as written by a lost Coptic saint. As she attempts to unravel the mystery, Ethiopian authorities as well as scientific and Biblical scholars attempt to stop her.