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The Eighth Scroll by Laurence B. Brown, MD In
The Eighth Scroll by Laurence B. Brown, the final text of the Dead Sea Scrolls
has been found. Scholars have correctly believed this final text would either confirm or condemn established religious beliefs
and practices. As a result, world powers will fight to possess it, or kill to suppress it. World-renowned theologian Michael Hansen has lost
everything because of the scroll, including his archeologist father and the woman he loved. When he becomes the only living
person with a clue to the scroll’s location, he sets out to find it, traveling from the United States to England to
the Middle East. Along the way, he finds himself running from the Mossad, the CIA, and the Vatican’s weapon of last
resort, the Italian Mafia. When he finally finds the scroll, it turns out to be everything the State of Israel and the Vatican
had feared. If exposed, it would cause major religious upheaval. But expose it Michael must, for his only option is to ransom
his life by giving the scroll to his enemies. Unless he can somehow do both before his pursuers find him … and kill
him. This modern-day religious murder mystery is, bar none, the most exciting journey of 2007.
Wicked in its honesty, this novel portrays religious faith as not only a virtue, but a rite of passage and a fight to the
bitter end. Told in strong and powerful prose, Brown plays no favorites in unveiling the hidden agendas of each religious
counterpart and pulls no punches in this first-rate thriller. The author of two books of comparative religion, MisGod’ed
and God’ed, physician and religious scholar, Laurence B. Brown provides a thrilling read, while at the same
time reviving critical religious controversies. Powerful and revealing, this book makes you think, feel, react and wonder—what
if we knew the truth about Jesus? Author
Bio: A graduate of Cornell University, Brown University
Medical School and George Washington University Hospital residency program, Laurence B. Brown is
an ophthalmic surgeon, a retired Air Force officer, the medical director and chief ophthalmologist of a major eye center
in the Middle East. The author of four books of comparative religion, he is also an ordained interfaith minister with a passion
for writing reality-based fiction. The Eighth Scroll is one of three completed novels, and the first published. For
the past two decades, he has divided his time between America, England, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Dr. Brown's immediate
family consists of his wife, three daughters and an ever changing assortment of hamsters and parrots. Dr. Laurence B. Brown is a retired Air Force officer , the medical director and chief ophthalmologist of a major eye center in the Middle East, an
ordained interfaith minister and the author of the breakout novel, The Eighth Scroll. For the past decade, he has
divided his time between America, England, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The Eighth Scroll can be previewed on www.EighthScroll.com, and www.LevelTruth.com showcases all of his works.
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