The Shroud Conspiracy

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The Shroud Conspiracy: A Novel
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First edition cover
Author John Heubusch
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJon Bondurant #1
Genre Thriller
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date
March 14, 2017
Publication placeUnited States; United Kingdom
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages402
ISBN 978-1-5011-5570-3

The Shroud Conspiracy is a 2017 thriller novel by John Heubusch, focuses on the reactions of science and religion concerning the Shroud of Turin, a Christian relic

Contents

The book's sequel, The Second Coming, was published in 2018. [1]

Plot

Dr. Jon Bondurant is a forensic anthropologist and atheist. When the Vatican invites him to lead an investigation into the authenticity of the purported burial cloth of Jesus Christ, he agrees. After a contentious debate, the Vatican allows the examination of one of the sacred relics in order to spite the skeptical Bondurant.

While in the Vatican, Bondurant meets Domenika Josef, a devout Catholic and the Vatican’s media specialist assigned to keep an eye on him. She’s privy to a recently discovered ancient codex with revelations concerning the shroud. However, she is unknowingly part of a plan by forces intent on stealing DNA on the shroud. The consequences of the resulting attempt to clone Jesus is the subject of the sequel.

Publication

The Shroud Conspiracy was published by Simon & Schuster on March 14, 2017. [2] [3]

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