Even on sabbatical leave, Boston born Thomas Kelly, a
Jesuit priest and history professor, could not easily leave
the allure of old papers and the secrets they slowly
yielded under his patient research. Still he is happy and
content with the peace and quiet.
As his cellphone chimes, little did Kelly realize how
dramatically his world would change. Thomas is delighted
with the call from his old thesis adviser, now recently
made a Cardinal in Rome. Lorenzo Cardinal Cossa fills him
in on his new role as Archivist and Librarian of the
Vatican and then offers him an intriguing invitation to
come to Rome and help him with his work.
Arriving in Rome, Kelly is asked to quietly and quickly
find a missing document, called the Concordat. This
document contains ancient secrets that must remain silence
or it had the potential to blow up what people believed
about the church, but Cossa does not fully share that info
with Kelly.
Meanwhile, the vivacious and scholarly Livia Pietro also is
commanded by her Conclave to find this Concordat and to
work with Kelly to get this task done or the consequences
will be severe. Livia already knows that the document had
already been stolen out of the Vatican Library by Mario
Damiani, an Italian poet and soldier, in 1849 just as the
French were invading Italy. What worries Livia is who
else may want the Concordat. Can she find it in time?
This lively thriller is an action packed, historically
based story that is sure to be a hit with fans of
conspiracy and Vatican stories, particularly those who
relish the adventures vividly described by Dan Brown and
the like. The author Sam Cabot is the pseudonym of S.J.
Rozan, a critically acclaimed author in her own right and
Professor Carlos Dews who is Chair of the Department of
English Language and Literature at John Cabot University in
Rome.
Given this powerful duo, the result is a storyline that is
intelligent, captivating and filled with art, history and
literature with paranormal undercurrents that might be
shocking for some. As the two main characters, Kelly and
Pietro seek to find the missing document, you almost feel
you are in Rome, in the Vatican and especially in the
Trastevere area where the bulk of the story takes place as
the geography and the sights are so accurately described.
Filled with shifting alliances, moral ambiguity, violent
confrontations and plot twists, Cabot leads you on a roller
coaster momentum that will keep you wanting to turn the
pages to find out what is going to happen next. To describe
BLOOD OF THE LAMB any more would only reveal carefully
guarded secrets. Only by reading it, can you find out
more! Enjoy the thrill and chase of this exciting and
treacherous adventure!
The Historian meets The Da Vinci Code in this exhilarating supernatural thriller set in Rome, where rival groups are searching for a document that holds a secret that could shatter the Catholic Church. This document, dear friend, will shatter the Church….. Reading these words in a letter in a dusty archive, Thomas Kelly is skeptical. The papers to which they refer have vanished, but Father Kelly, a Jesuit priest, doubts that anything could ever have had that power until the Vatican suddenly calls him to Rome to begin a desperate search for that very document. Meanwhile, standing before a council of her people, Livia Pietro receives instructions: she must find a Jesuit priest who has recently arrived in Rome and join his search for a document that contains a secret so shocking it has the power to destroy not only the Catholic Church, but Livia's people as well. As cryptic messages from the past throw Thomas and Livia into a treacherous world of art, religion, and conspiracy, they are pursued by those who would cross any line to obtain the document for themselves. Thomas and Livia must race to stop the chaos and destruction that the revelation of these secrets would create. Livia, though, has a secret of her own: She and her people are vampires. In a sprawling tapestry that combines the religious intrigue of Dan Brown with the otherworldly terror of Stephenie Meyer, Blood of the Lamb is an unforgettable journey into an unthinkable past.
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