THE SERAPIS CIPER, In The Shadow of John Baptist, Episode Two

In the windswept silence of the Judean desert, a fragile parchment emerges from the sand—its ancient Greek script whispering of a rift between two towering figures of early Christianity: John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. But as scholars race to authenticate the scroll, questions begin to swirl. Is it a revolutionary discovery that could rewrite the origins of faith—or a masterfully engineered forgery designed to sow doubt at the heart of belief?

Drawn into the storm are Dr. Miriam Levy, a fiercely rational archaeologist, and Father Benedict Franco, a Vatican historian with secrets of his own. Together, they must navigate a maze of coded messages, suppressed histories, and an elusive network determined to upend religious orthodoxy. But the deeper they dig, the more dangerous the truth becomes.

Because some scrolls are hidden for a reason. And some truths are written in shadow.