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When his friend Father Andréi is killed on a train en route to the Vatican, Father Nil, a Benedictine who teaches the Gospel of St. John to novices, decides to conduct his own investigation. The dead priest possessed proof of the existence of a 13th disciple and an epistle stating that Jesus was nothing more than an inspired prophet, not the son of God—two things that would spell great danger for the Catholic church. Father Nil then discovers a previously unpublished account of the origins of Christianity. It tells of the Nazarenes, a community excluded from the official Church by Peter and Paul, which appears to have thrived until the seventh century and given birth to Islam. While the priest pushes ahead with his investigation, the Pope's advisors, rival factions, and secret societies are trying, by any means, to lay their hands on his findings. From the Mossad to Fatah, everyone seems to have a very good reason to keep the 13th disciple a secret.
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Bobbi BOCKMANN
reviewed The Thirteenth Apostle on March 13, 2016
The Thirteenth Apostle
A book of two halves. The first half I found extremely turgid and difficult to read. The French to English translation has a stumbling clunkiness to it and whilst I understood the effect the author was trying to achieve in fluctuating the chapters between modern day and Jesus' time, I felt it had an adverse affect on the flow. I almost gave up on it after about a third.
However, I'm glad that I stuck with it as the book does take more of a plot-ride in the second half and held my interest much more, even though the plot itself has no twists, turns or real surprises. It just flowed better. The subject matter is clearly well-known to the author given his previous life as a monk, and the story, albeit fictitious, is entirely plausible calling into question the divinity of Jesus, by way of the existence of a thirteenth apostle.
It is Dan Brown-esque like Angels and Demons but where Dan Brown (whether you love or hate his work) takes you on a white-water ride of action and suspense, this barely trickles along.
Verdict: It was okay.
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