This was a good story that was fairly easy to keep up with. Although the ending was certainly not as dramatic as some of the others in the same genre. It was interesting for Sabbie (the female lead) to the one with the military background and the tough one and for Gil (the male lead) to be the whiner and non believer of the danger. I read The Copper Scroll before this one which both books refer to the same original Copper Scroll in different ways. It is really interesting to see how different people can start with the same idea and end up in two totally different directions. This book had less adventure scenes per se but some really interesting parts.
The Hellers, a husband-and-wife team known for their health titles (The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet, etc.) make a thrilling fiction debut in this fast-paced, well-researched adventure, a foray into Da Vinci Code–style papal mystery. American cybersleuth Gil Pearson, a semifamous antihacker, gets tapped to help translate an ancient copper scroll that's meant to lead to a fabulous treasure. Accompanied by striking, strong Sabbie Karaim, a translator and former Israeli military operative, Gil travels to Israel, where he's introduced to the dangerous conspiracy that surrounds the scroll, and soon realizes the perilous position he's gotten himself into; apparently, the scroll contains not just a treasure map but the truth about the life and death of Jesus. As rival factions try to claim the scroll for their own agendas (to protect Christianity, to destroy Christianity, etc.), Gil and Sabbie head on a breakneck quest around the globe trying stay one step ahead of their pursuers while teasing out the secrets of the age-old document. A satisfying, well-structured entry into the still-hot subgenre, the Hellers have a definite crowd-pleaser on their hands—assuming it doesn't get buried in a saturated market
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