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A Skeleton in God's Closet

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The Inquisitor's Key

Jefferson Bass · 353 pages

When Miranda Lovelady and Dr. Bill Brockton discover what could be the bones of Jesus of Nazareth, their finding triggers a deadly tug-of-war between the anthropologists, the Vatican, and a deadly zealot who hopes to use the bones to bring about the Second Coming--and trigger the end of time.

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The First Apostle

James Becker, Peter Stuart Smith · 475 pages

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30 Pieces of Silver

Carolyn McCray · 533 pages

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The Sacred Blood

Michael Byrnes · 352 pages

When an American geneticist is miraculously healed from cancer by bones she believes to be the remains of Jesus, an Israeli archaeologist and a noted Egyptologist team up to outmaneuver the Vatican, who would prevent the geneticist's findings from becoming public, and a dangerous adversary who would use the bones to trigger Armageddon.

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The Second Messiah

Glenn Meade · 479 pages

After a controversial American priest is elected pope, archaeologist Jack Cane and an Israeli agent must find a mysterious Dead Sea Scroll which references two messiahs, a prophecy which is causing a political and religious crisis and placing their lives in danger.

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The Hunt for Atlantis

Andy McDermott · 529 pages

A LOST CIVILIZATION.A DANGEROUS QUEST.A DEADLY SECRET.It's one of history's most enduring and controversial legends--the lost city of Atlantis. Archaeologist Nina Wilde is certain she's solved the riddle of its whereabouts--and with the help of reclusive billionaire Kristian Frost, his beautiful daughter, Kari, and ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase, she's about to make the most important discovery in c

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Shadows of the Stone Benders

K. Patrick Donoghue · 317 pages

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Domain

Steve Alten · 512 pages

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The Protocol

J. Robert Kennedy · 440 pages

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Tyrannosaur Canyon

Douglas Preston · 365 pages

A moon rock missing for thirty years... Five buckets of blood-soaked sand found in a New Mexico canyon... A scientist with ambition enough to kill... A monk who will redeem the world... A dark agency with a deadly mission... The greatest scientific discovery of all time... What fire bolt from the galactic dark shattered the Earth eons ago, and now hides in that remote cleft in the southwest

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Blood Infernal

James Rollins, Rebecca Cantrell

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Babylon Rising

Tim LaHaye, Greg Dinallo · 400 pages

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Elisha's Bones

Don Hoesel · 335 pages

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The Atlantis Revelation

Thomas Greanias · 310 pages

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Relic

Tom Egeland

A golden relic, containing an ancient manuscript that could change the course of history, has been hidden in a monastery. But nobody knows where. One determined man sets out to find this sensational artefact and to trace its origins.

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The Atlantis Code

Charles Brokaw · 583 pages

When the ancient ruins of Atlantis are discovered along the Spanish coast, linguist and archaeologist Thomas Lourds joins a violent competition to be the first of its explorers, an effort marked by a series of puzzles that must be solved in order to gainentry into the lost civilization.

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Bone Box

Jay Amberg · 247 pages

On a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea in Turkey, an international team of archeologists discovers a stone box that first-century Jews used to rebury their dead. The box's Aramaic inscription: Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. Sophia Altay, the beautiful French-Turkish archeologist who heads the team, tries to keep the discovery secret until she can authenticate the ossuary. She knows that people will

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The Trinity Game

Sean Chercover

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The Secret on Ararat

Tim LaHaye, Bob Phillips · 416 pages

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The Bone Labyrinth

James Rollins · 688 pages

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The Genesis Secret

Tom Knox · 516 pages

The Genesis Secret is a revelation so shocking that it may threaten the social structure of the world. Only one man knows the secret, and he is intent on destroying the evidence before it can be uncovered.

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Piercing the Darkness

Frank E. Peretti · 448 pages

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 (ESV) It all begins in Bacon’s corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate. An attempted murder, a suspicious case of mistaken identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling Christian school threaten the peace of the small town. Sally Beth Roe, a young loner, finds herself in the middle of even

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The Exodus Quest

Will Adams · 560 pages

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The Lost Symbol

Dan Brown · 511 pages

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