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In The Descent, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Long led readers into the darkest regions of suspense and adventure. Now he returns with an apocalyptic scenario that threatens to eradicate mankind.
In Jerusalem, an American archaeologist working on Project Year Zero -- the search for the historical Jesus -- crosses the line between science and theft when he helps plunder an old Roman landfill beneath the crucifixion grounds known as Golgotha. Nathan Lee Swift's crime will have devastating consequences. When an ancient relic is opened on the black market, a two-thousand-year-old plague is unleashed -- and the dying begins.
As the pestilence threatens to wipe out humanity, he finds a chance for redemption -- by finding the cure. Skirting the edges of civilization, Nathan Lee sets out to find his younger daughter and travels to Los Alamos, where a desperate tactic has been adopted: the use of human lab rats cloned from Project Year Zero remains. Now Nathan Lee will come face-to-face with one special cloned human who may hold the key to salvation -- in more ways than one. Patient Zero claims to remember who he is....
And his name is Jesus Christ.
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D. B. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a MUCH different book than I expected, it had a couple loose ends that were never resolved, but other than that it was an enjoyable read, lots of twists and turns thru the story and interesting subject matter for sure! Worth the time to read!
Joy M. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this book. The story is about a virus found near Golgotha in Jerusalem. DNA from bones found near this area unleash an ancient virus that causes a pandemic. The main character, Nathan Lee, crosses the world to reconnenct with his daughter just weeks ahead of massive death. The second half of the book finds Nathan Lee in a scientific community near Los Alamos NM, where scientists try to find a cure for the sickness. Human clones produced from the Golgotha DNA are used to help find a cure. There are strong religous themes here also, of crucifixion, and redemption. This theme becomes obvious when one of the clones begins to say he is the messiah.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great read. Apocalyptic page turner. If you like books like "The Stand" by Stephen King you will like this one.
Sue K. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I enjoyed this book, good end of the world story.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A Greek collector of religious relics searching for artifacts from Christ's crucifixion sends samples of a powder dated to Year Zero to three foreign labs, thereby unwittingly unleashing a plague organism that races through the world's populations. Young archeologist Nathan Lee survives a murderous attack by his crooked professor, David Ochs, but lands in a Tibetan jail as the plague spreads. When the guards open the prison, Nathan makes his way through abandoned territories to Siberia and across to Alaska just ahead of the plague, heading for his daughter and divorced wife in D.C. He finds them gone and is mistaken by his old employer, the Smithsonian, as the messenger expected to take Year Zero bones from a Golgotha dig to the now fortified Los Alamos labs, where scientists are cloning humans who were crucified in the same time as Christ in hopes of finding an antibody from those who had natural resistance.
Lizzie A. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
An archealogist tries to find proof of Jesus.He digs into a landfill at golgotha and releases a 2 thousand year old plague.
they clone some dna and the clone claims to be Jesus
Stacy T. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
One day when I had a bunch of credits I was browsing books and came across this one so I ordered it and it sat on my TBR shelf for quite a while.
Recently I picked it up to read(I'm going through an "apocalypse" phase:) and I had a hard time putting it down.It was really good!I was a bit confused at first but kept reading and pretty soon I "got it".
I learned a valuable lesson with this book.I almost didn't order it because at teh time there were quite a few posted in teh system so I figured it couldnt be that good but I was so wrong.Glad I ordered it.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Quite an interesting "What If" situation AND certainly not what you expect....
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Best book I've read by Jeff Long yet. Excellent account of how the end of the world Might occur and how we would save ourselves. Technical knowledge is topnotch. He researches his books!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
slow starter but then had hard time putting it down.
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I really enjoyed this book - especially the whole premise, but it did have some holes and it definitely skipped over parts that I wanted to know more about. Also, the end seemed a little abrupt. Still, I would recommend this one.
Jill F. (Very complex plot, some totally unbelievable scientific nonsense (you really have to suspend your belief during parts of this book after multiple incredulous reactions); entertaining, but ultimately very unsatisfying. The author could have made much more of the "jesus" subplot and turned this into a humdinger of a post apocalyptic myth; but, oh well.
Interesting book. I liked the idea of combining Religion with Science Fiction.
In Jerusalem, an American archaeologist working on Project Year Zero---the search for the historical Jesus---crosses the line between science and theft when he helps plunder and old Roman landfill beneath the crucifixion ground known as Golgotha. Nathan Lee Swift's crime will have devastating consequences. When an ancient relic is opened on the black market, a two-thousand-year-old plague is unleashed-and the dying begins.
Nathan Lee Swift is forced to commit an archaeological crime. That crime eventually unleashes a terrifying plague on the world. This book describes the plague years, mainly following the stories of Nathan Lee and of Miranda, who is a vulnerable young genius involved in genetic manipulation.
An archaologist working on project Year Zero-the search for the historical Jesus-finds an ancient artifact that,when opened,unleashes a 2000 year old plague which threatens to wipe out humanity. Human remains found in the Year Zero landfill beneath the crucifixion grounds known as Golgotha, are cloned, one of the clones claims to remember who he is...Jesus Christ!
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