The Shroud Conspiracy

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The Shroud Conspiracy: A Novel
First edition cover
AuthorJohn Heubusch
CountryUnited States; United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJon Bondurant #1
GenreThriller
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
March 14, 2017
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages402
ISBN978-1-5011-5570-3

The Shroud Conspiracy is a 2017 thriller novel by John Heubusch, focuses on the reactions of science and religion concerning the Shroud of Turin, a Christian relic

The book's sequel, The Second Coming, was published in 2018.[1]

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Dr. Jon Bondurant is a forensic anthropologist and atheist. When the Vatican invites him to lead an investigation into the authenticity of the purported burial cloth of Jesus Christ, he agrees. After a contentious debate, the Vatican allows the examination of one of the sacred relics in order to spite the skeptical Bondurant.

While in the Vatican, Bondurant meets Domenika Josef, a devout Catholic and the Vatican’s media specialist assigned to keep an eye on him. She’s privy to a recently discovered ancient codex with revelations concerning the shroud. However, she is unknowingly part of a plan by forces intent on stealing DNA on the shroud. The consequences of the resulting attempt to clone Jesus is the subject of the sequel.

Publication[edit]

The Shroud Conspiracy was published by Simon & Schuster on March 14, 2017[2].[3]

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