Stuart Adams: Having achieved mediocre success as a novelist, he is on a quest for the story that will guarantee his big book.

 

R. Wesley Barnes: An aging, wealthy eccentric in search of a priceless scroll believed to have been written by an ancient prophet from the island of Pialigos.

 

Marion Chandler: Stuart Adams’s lover.

 

Dr. Niki Mikos: Greek archeologist hired to excavate a collapsed cave believed to contain the lost scroll.

 

Captain Blake Threader: Drunken sea captain hired to sail the archeological team to an erupting volcano.

 

Euphemia: Pialigarian priestess whose main purpose is to recognize the return of the prophet that will restore the Three Measures of Wisdom, lost knowledge that promises to create a world, “sweet with the fragrance of peace.”

 

Marcus: An ancient Essene teacher who may have instructed Jesus during his “missing years.”

 

Father Jon Basil Andros (Father Jon): A monk who joins the search for the scroll in the hope that it might bear a connection to the historical Jesus.

 

Gustavo Giacopetti: Corrupt Greek official in charge of a branch of the Department of Antiquities. With his black market connections, he will stop at nothing to acquire the scroll, an artifact worth millions.

 

Cardinal Salvatore Sorrentino: Head of the Vatican’s Secret Archives, the cardinal fears the scroll will reveal a truth about Jesus that will destroy his most valued dogma.

 

Raphael: A shadowy, black market figure believed to be the leader of the most successful smuggling ring in Greece.

 

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