Palestine. I century CE. Joseph of Arimathea, a wealthy and influential resident of Jerusalem, tries to secure the release of Jesus of Nazareth, accused by Roman authorities of inciting a revolt…
Egypt. IV century CE. In a Christian monastery, almost all its residents die within one evening, poisoned by assassins sent from Rome, who have come to take from the monastery certain evidence of Jesus’s death. Three monks and the monastery laundress manage to escape, taking with them an important document that holds a terrible secret. The pursuers set out in pursuit…