For nearly two thousand years, a secret has survived in the shadows.
In the French Pyrenees, a young girl named Joanna Christopher survives a brutal attack that wipes out much of her ancient sisterhood. What her enemies fail to realize is that Joanna carries a secret more dangerous than any weapon: she may be the living descendant of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
Years later, Val Pearce, a young scholar and former seminarian, is drawn into a mystery that reaches from the forgotten traditions of the Magdalene to the highest levels of the Catholic Church. Guided by his mentor, Father Pierre Lavigne, Val discovers evidence of a hidden lineage, lost gospels, and a mysterious emerald cup believed to be the Holy Grail.
But the truth has been hunted for centuries.
Cardinal Bernini and a secret order within the Church are determined to silence Joanna before her lineage can be revealed. Their search leads Val and his allies across continents and centuries, ultimately toward a mysterious island off the coast of Nova Scotia, where the greatest archaeological discovery in centuries may still lie buried.
As ancient enemies close in, Val and Joanna must uncover the truth before it is lost forever.
The Grail may not be a treasure. It may be a bloodline.
And its survival could change everything the world thinks it knows about the origins of Christianity.