Holy Shroud - Order of Thaddeus, #1

An ancient threat. A sacred relic. A religious belief under siege. Silas Grey-ex-Army Ranger, professor of religious studies, and leading relics expert-is on the verge of rocking the religious and nonreligious alike with scientific proof of the Church's central belief: Jesus Christ's resurrection. Proof he believes has been hidden all along within the Shroud of Turin, the Christian relic purported to be the burial cloth of Jesus. But a series of suspicious deaths and devastating attacks not only threaten Silas's shocking announcement and those close to him.
They are a sign of an even greater threat reemerging from the shadows of history. Coming to his aid is the Order of Thaddeus, a religious order that has been battling for the very survival of the Church since its birth. Soon it becomes clear that an ancient cultic enemy has risen to once again wage war against the Church and destroy the Christian faith-beginning with its most sacred relic and teaching.
Spanning the globe from Washington to Paris to Jerusalem, Silas and the Order combine forces to plunge into a desperate mission for the very survival of the Church and all it holds dear. Can they preserve the memory of its central belief before its archenemy erases it forever? Holy Shroud is the first book in the inventive bestselling Order of Thaddeus action-adventure thriller series leveraging the familiar conspiracy suspense of Dan Brown with the special-ops thrill of James Rollins, wrapped in the historical insight of Steve Berry and inspiration of Ted Dekker. Embark on this new action-packed adventure by emerging author J.
A. Bouma that combines faith, fact, and fiction like few religious writers-delivering a "highly entertaining" and "compelling" page-turner people have all agreed "you won't want to put it down!"