Book of Judas
A Novel
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Publisher Description
From hard-hitting New York Daily News columnist Linda Stasi comes Book of Judas, a riveting religious thriller featuring beloved protagonist Alessandra Russo.
When her infant son is placed in mortal danger, New York City reporter Alessandra Russo is forced to save him by tracking down the missing pages of the Gospel of Judas, a heretical manuscript that was unearthed in Al-Minya, Egypt, in the 1970s. The manuscript declares that Judas was the beloved, not the betrayer, of Jesus.
The Gospel disappeared for decades before being rediscovered, rotted beyond repair, in a safety deposit box. Rumors insist that the most important pages had been stolen—pages that Alessandra now must find, if they even exist.
Do the lost pages contain a secret that will challenge Christianity's core beliefs about the creation of life, or that might hold the power to unleash Armageddon? What if such explosive documents fell into the hands of modern-day terrorists, dictators, or religious fanatics?
Alessandra plunges into a dark world of murder, conspiracy, and sexual depravity...and most importantly, a race against the clock to save her own child.
In this exciting follow-up to The Sixth Station, award-winning journalist Linda Stasi brings her formidable investigative skills, big city street smarts, and fast-flying pen to a thriller that will leave readers breathless.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Stasi's jaunty second religious thriller featuring New York City reporter Ali Russo (after 2013's The Sixth Station), Russo's friend Roy Golden entrusts her with a sealed brass tube containing a codex known as the Judas Bible. Roy's father, who stole the tube decades earlier from a safe-deposit box at the Long Island bank where he worked, gave it to Roy on his deathbed. Originally unearthed in Egypt in the 1970s, the codex may contain the secret to raising the dead or even triggering Armageddon. Russo foolishly rushes out the relic's story, which attracts plenty of attention, including that of Father Paulo, who asks her to bring the tube to Israel. The Catholic priest claims that he's the only one who can open it, interpret the codex, and sell the so-called Bible for at least $10 million. Russo goes to Israel, where the action heats up with a murder and the unexpected reappearance of a major character. The plot follows predictable lines, but fans of Indiana Jones style adventure should be satisfied.)
