the fifth coin
Like Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code, The Fifth Coin probes the historical events which shaped early Christianity. A harsh light is shined on Medieval Popes who lived lavish lives, commanded armies and were certainly not celibate. The Catholic Church has been a political institution from the very beginning.
It was far more involved in earthly kingships than heavenly Kingdoms. Power and greed ruled Catholicism from its inception at the direction of the Roman Emperor, Constantine, through modern times. The Fifth Coin poses the question . . . What IF we have been lied to about the life and times of Jesus? What IF Christian doctrine and the Bible have been edited to reflect viewpoints expedient to the politicians of the day?
The fabric of destiny begins to unravel as the nun translates Aramaic and Hebrew scrolls which reveal the early Church’s political ambition. Tension mounts as the Jesuits’ topple governments on every continent. A master of manipulation, Simson is hailed as the new Messiah, come to save mankind.
An attempt on her life convinces the nun she must flee Rome with her history altering documents. To escape the Father General, Sister Amariah boards the Trans-Siberian Express headed for China. Sister Amariah sheds the trappings of the Benedictine Order and vows to make public proof which will shatter the foundation of Christian mythology.
“In a desperate bid to annihilate evidence of his plan to establish a New World Order Simson sets fire to the new museum. The museum houses a gigantic computer named Messiah secretly built to control information flow on the Internet.”
CLYDEANOCONNER©2022