The Manuscript of the Last Empire

Fourteen minutes after Professor Andrei Varga is declared dead in Rome, a package is dispatched in his name.

Inside are a charred manuscript fragment, an ancient clay seal, and a challenge written for the one man Varga knew would distrust him: PROVE IT.

David Muresan, a Romanian manuscript expert living in Dublin, follows the evidence from hidden Roman archives to Istanbul's drowned chambers and the tunnels beneath Jerusalem. At his side is Miriam, a woman whose missing father helped conceal the manuscript-and whose past may hold the key to opening it.

But they are not the only ones searching. Orbis, a network that operates behind governments, charities, and financial systems, has learned how to turn prophecy into policy and fear into obedience. Its leader does not need the manuscript to predict the future. He needs it to persuade the world that the future has already been decided.

To expose the conspiracy, David must authenticate evidence designed to deceive him, confront the mentor who shaped his life, and choose between preserving the truth and saving the people who trusted him.

The Manuscript of the Last Empire is a fast-moving international thriller about ancient testimony, manufactured prophecy, and the dangerous people who claim the right to control history.