The year is 997AD:

A young Saxon Nobleman, Garrick Haligfaex, leads a small band of pilgrims across Spain to Santiago de Compostela.

An ancient document, of incalculable value, kept secret by successive bishops of Santiago.

A secret mission to maintain the preeminence of Rome within the Holy Catholic Church.

A campaign by Al Mansur, Caliph of Al Andalus and leader of the Moors in Spain, to destroy Santiago and humiliate all of Christendom.

The year is 2007AD:

A traumatised ex-Australian SAS soldier, Alex Tanner, struggles to live with his memories of war.

A ruthless and ambitious American Dominionist preacher dreams of using his country's military might to force the world to embrace Christianity and to bring about the Second Coming.

A young Romania woman struggling to deal with years of sexual abuse.

A murder on El Camino, the pilgrim road across Spain.

A medieval code.

ALL LINKED BY AN ANCIENT DOCUMENT WITH A SECRET SO PROFOUND THAT IT THREATENS THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF THE MODERN CATHOLIC CHURCH