The Prophetess

by Barbara Wood Narrated by Susie Breck

Overview

The time is December 1999. Millennial fever holds the world in its grip - stirring ancient and terrible fears that the apocalypse is at hand. In the Sinai desert, archeologist Catherine Alexander just unearthed a cache of six ancient papyrus scrolls that point to the millennium's most transforming secret. Discovered inside the legendary Well of Miriam, a site named after the ancient prophetess who was the sister of Moses, the scrolls reveal a hidden history of the world and its religions-a series of shattering revelations that governments will do anything to suppress, and that an enigmatic billionaire named Miles Havers will do anything to possess.

But there is more: a seventh scroll that contains a secret of almost unimaginable power. It is a secret that may cost Catherine her life as she dodges government agents, Vatican operatives, and cyberspace perils in her race to translate the scrolls and release their powers to the world. Aided by two very different and compelling men, Dr. Julius Voss and Father Michael Garibaldi, Catherine finds herself caught up in the adventure of a lifetime and a struggle that she must win.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"You can't put down Barbara Wood's The Prophetess. It is a riveting, exciting novel that speaks to our time—and all time. Not to be missed!" —James Patterson "Superb storytelling." —San Francisco Chronicle

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169730371
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	08/04/2008
Edition description:	Unabridged

Read an Excerpt

Prologue She knew they were following her. But there was no time to hide. Catherine was in a race against time. She had to get to the seventh scroll before the others did—the scroll that contained the formula for unlocking the most powerful ancient secrets. A priceless document for which so many had risked—and in some cases lost—their lives. When Catherine felt the 747 shudder, she looked out the window at the cloud cover below, and decided she was somewhere over New York. Faster, she silently urged the aircraft. Go faster, faster. . . . A magazine lay in her lap, dated December 1999. The headline on the cover read: IS THE WORLD ABOUT TO END? We face the New Millennium, Catherine thought. Was she also facing her own personal Armageddon? She certainly hadn’t thought so three weeks ago, when she had been minding her own business, an archaeologist following the trail of an ancient legend—until she had accidentally stumbled upon an astounding discovery that had forced her to change her identity and her looks, and go into hiding, run for her life. Her own Armageddon . . . or that of the human race? The answer was locked in the seventh scroll. As she felt the 747 start its descent, Catherine’s heart began to race with fear and excitement. Soon now, she told herself, it was all going to be over, this nightmare that had begun twenty-two days ago, literally with a bang. . . .

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