The Vatican has lost its most closely held secret -- a secret whose exposure could shatter the very foundations of Western religion, shift world power and ignite religious violence the likes of which the world has not seen for centuries.The secret? Irrefutable proof of a female Messiah named Sophia. Born in the Holy Land in 310 AD, Sophia was known for performing healing miracles. Her divinity so threatened early Christian dogma on the inferiority of women that she was executed by Church authorities.In the present, Zoe Ridgeway, an art broker, visits Switzerland with her husband Seth, where she expects to purchase the estate of a German art collector. But before Zoe can complete the transaction, she and Seth are drawn into a thousand year-old web of conspiracy, murder and intrigue that begins and ends with the mystery of Sophia -- and all the powerful forces who seek to protect their patriarchies from a divinely feminine truth.
- ISBN10 0312890745
- ISBN13 9780312890742
- Publish Date 1 January 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 June 2002
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Edition Lst ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English