This thriller series follows a Harvard professor of religious art and symbolism who is repeatedly drawn into fast-paced, high-stakes mysteries involving secret societies, ancient codes, and conspiracies hidden within famous works of art and architecture across Europe and beyond. Each book functions as a largely standalone puzzle-driven adventure set in a specific iconic location, united by the same protagonist and his expertise in decoding historical and religious symbols.
A professor of religious art and symbols is called to Geneva after a physicist is murdered and a canister of a catastrophically dangerous substance is stolen, setting off a race through the churches and ancient landmarks of Rome to stop a threatened attack on the Vatican by a secret society known as the Illuminati. The novel blends art history and religious symbolism with a breathless thriller pace.
When a curator is found murdered inside the Louvre in Paris, a professor of religious symbols and a French cryptographer are drawn into a race to decode a trail of hidden clues pointing toward a centuries-old secret society and a conspiracy that could upend the foundations of Western religious history. The novel is a fast-paced puzzle thriller built around art, symbolism, and hidden history.