Used book – THE LAST GOSPEL, DAVID GIBBINS

First century AD, Herculaneum. Roman Emperor Claudius, on the brink of death, prepares to fulfill his last task and a promise he made to a man long ago, by a lake, in the desert... A promise whose consequences could shake the foundations of Western civilization. In the present day, off the coast of Sicily, Jack Howard is searching for the remains of Saint Paul's shipwreck when colleagues urge him to join them in Naples, to participate in their work. Very quickly, the archaeologist understands that the two excavations are intimately linked. Jack then embarks on a breathtaking quest that takes him from the city of Herculaneum to the depths of London, Rome, and Tel Aviv. If his intuitions are correct, he could uncover the greatest secret in Western history. A shattering secret, buried for millennia, that others want to keep hidden at all costs...