Whilst deciphering the newly discovered- Magdalene Scrolls, Benjamin Messer finds himself inexorably drawn into the past. Who was David Ben Jonah, the author of the Scrolls, and what was the dreadful secret that compelled him to write them? Above all, why does Benjamin find his task so compulsively and inescapably fascinating?
As Ben digs ever deeper, the riddle of the Scrolls becomes terrifyingly personal. He is haunted by the spirit of the first-century murderer who wrote them. Possessed by the past, Ben can only struggle to free, his consciousness from the overpowering but deadly burden of David's guilt...