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The Guardians of the Covenant: An Epic Quest for the Bible's Darkest Secret

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From Nordic countries to Egypt to America to the Caribbean and back again...this (on occasion - a little confusing) book/story introduces one Mr. Bjorn Belto, associate professor of archaeology of University of Oslo, Norway, who says he is albino, but has an odd & whimsical wit and sense of humor about him throughout the book. Bjorn Belto is an interesting character who gets too curious for his own good when he gets into trouble following 'signs' of the Egyptian ankh, Rune tiwaz & Christian cross, trying to solve a historical puzzle of crisscrossing religions of different races throughout the centuries to modern day.

There's a lot of names of people and places in the book to keep track of...ancient and otherwise. The story Bjorn tells is one of not just age old religious mysteries with parchments & scrolls, but of murder too...to get to the 'prize'. What will happen to archaeologist Bjorn Balto if he gets too close or in the way of the prize? And who is 'the sheik' that causes Bjorn so much trouble?
Good book.

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