The sacred sword
(Book)

"In the seventh Ben Hope conspiracy thriller, the action shoots back in time to the days of Jesus Christ -- and a buried secret that has staggering implications for the world as we know it! It was a routine trip to the UK for Ben Hope - until a chance meeting with two figures from his past changes everything. Simeon and Michaela were once Ben's fellow Theology students at Christ Church - now they are The Reverend and Mrs Arundel. Spending time with them at the vicarage, Ben becomes concerned that Simeon seems troubled - but before he can confide in Ben, they are caught up in a massive road crash. Ben avoids injury, but Simeon is killed and Michaela critically injured. Increasingly suspicious that it was no accident, Ben sets out on a trail of clues that lead him into conflict with a sinister clandestine society, intent on world domination. The discovery that Simeon and his now-scattered group of colleagues were planning to reveal to the world is a huge threat to these agents of the New World Order, and they will stop at nothing to suppress it. The intrigue takes Ben across the world, from the UK to southern France, the Holy Land and the USA - and in the course of these events, he will discover an incredible secret, not just about the history of Christianity but concerning his own past!" --,(Source of summary not specified)