Gabriel (Gabe) Dolcini is an Art Professor at U.C. Santa
Barbara and has nightmares seeing his sister Angelica killed in a mudslide
during a hiking outing with his father for the past twenty-six years. In addition
to his teaching profession, Gabe entered an art gallery competition hoping to
win the coveted prize money to save his mother’s home from foreclosure after he
mortgaged it to finance his personal art instruction. Winning second place
leaves Gabe in dire straits along with inappropriate conduct with a student
allegations brought against him forcing an involuntary leave of absence and a
long overdue visit to Italy to meet his rich grandfather Conte Louis Dolcini
whom Gabe’s father denied communication of any kind.
Louis arranges a private art gallery showing for all the top echelon
from art collectors to grandioso museum curators presenting Gabe’s artwork,
which very well received. Meanwhile Louis has trouble convincing Gabe that his
predestined future as a custodian of the “Il
Testamento (The Proof)” proving that God lives and Jesus existed awaits him
by seeking its recovery using an ancient map handed down by previous generations
of Dolcini family members, but Gabe who lost his faith when Angelica has yet to
regain it. Eventually, Gabe and his cousin Livia begin the search and face
danger from modern day opposition groups Dead Knights associated with ancient
organizations Knights Templar who want possession of the religious artifact to
rule over multiple religious orders for monetary purposes while the Soci want
to destroy the precious item to stop idolatry worshiping.
This novel intertwines fiction and non-fiction facts regarding
the Knights of Templar and religious artifacts found believing that the items were
in existence during and after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. This Christian
fiction novel is very much worth the read as Cheryl Colwell conveys the story
in a suspenseful and mysterious tactical approach leading to the last chapter,
which brought tears to my eyes.
I received this novel from Book Crash in exchange for an
honest unbiased opinion in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission
guidelines.
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