MANKIND'S MOST AWESOME DISCOVERY IS MANKIND'S MOST SINISTER THREAT! It lay hidden in a cave in the desolate wastes of the Qumran Desert. THE NICODEMUS CODEX - a two thousand-year-old parchment whose frightening revelations could irrevocably alter the course of civilization. And now it has been unearthed and transferred to Rome, unleashing a terrifying international conspiracy unlike any the world has previously known--a savage storm of kidnapping, treachery and murder that threatens the life of the Pope himself...and promises the ultimate destruction of Christianity! Television news correspondent Craig Durant has inadvertently stumbled upon the story of a lifetime. But whether the ancient document is an authentic relic or an insidious KGB hoax meant to plunge the West into irreversible chaos, Durant's career-making scoop could be a life-ending disaster. For once Nicodemus is revealed, all humanity, will stand trembling in harm's way.