The Burning Symbol. Volume 2

A mysterious murder takes place aboard a cruise liner in the Mediterranean. Elina Kogan, a former employee of the Israeli military prosecutor’s office, is suspected of indirect involvement. However, after an attempt on her life, the girl begins her own investigation and faces unseen but powerful resistance. The search for the criminal leads Elina to a secret connected to ancient parchments—documents that contain information capable of shaking faith in the Savior. It also turns out that Vatican employees and members of a radical Christian group are hunting these treasonous records… But in reality, this mysterious story began even earlier, in Ancient Rome, in the house of a guesthouse keeper in Drepanum. At that time, the Roman Empire was losing territories; greedy usurpers and savage tribes were tearing it apart. Yet the fate of the empire was decided not in the capital, but in small cities. Men and women from modest provincial families built dizzying careers, saved the homeland, and created a New Rome—shaping the future of Europe and the Mediterranean. In the novel, the story of a distant past intertwines in a strange way with events of our days. The main characters—those from the present and from the past—investigate crimes, experience dangerous adventures, love and hate…