The Lazarus Tree

When Ryan Parker travels to Cyprus to meet one of the leaders of XXIV, he knows she has a mission for him that must be related to the 1st century relics the group had stored in an underground vault in Jerusalem. The relic she wants him to recover is a controversial one and may still be dangerous to all but a special group of people. An ancient scroll written in a very rare script holds the key to the mystery of the relic taken from Lazarus' tree. Ryan must hire his own team led by a former Israeli agent and use the skills of his friend, a theological scholar, to solve the mystery and neutralize the 'bad guys' and keep the relic safe for its beneficial use in a surprising way. As with the first novel in the series, The Lazarus Tree has a theologically thrilling and a heartwarming ending.