When Stahl hid some brittle documents for an elderly neighbor, he never expected to find himself at the center of a brutal hunt for a scrap of ancient Greek papyrus.
As he pieces together its unsavory past, he uncovers a bloody conspiracy reaching back to the reign of Nero involving Emperors, Popes, saints and soldiers, and the dark, self-serving schemes of Heinrich Himmler.
A mysterious Danish-born ex-stormtrooper manages to manipulate the conflicting emotions brought on by a brush with death (and a gorgeous blonde psychiatrist) before Stahl can discover his grandfather s most closely guarded secret... and finds redemption in the taking of a human life!