SUMMATION

The power contained in an ancient artifact, whether misplaced or hidden long ago in a remote corner of a Vatican storage area is the key to fulfilling a prophecy that will elevate an Iranian warlord to world recognition and put the very existence of Israel at risk. Freakish weather is tied to a pair of men descended from the original owners of the artifact, who have now attracted world attention. The plot builds in a story that could have been pulled out of today's headlines with the threat of nuclear confrontation between Iran and Israel, and a climax that both fulfills the prophecy, yet takes the world and the reader in an unexpected direction.Take a Dan Brown thriller with historic roots tracing an artifact back hundreds of years and multiple continents, toss in a touch of Stephen King's supernatural forces, and add headlines from today's explosive conflict between Israel and Iran. Mix in small town American residents, powerful European media magnates, a down and almost out maintenance man in Italy, and a renegade general in the Iranian army, and you have a mixture for which the Summation far exceeds the sum of its parts.

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