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A Vatican priest deciphers coded ancient texts exposing a Manichean conspiracy, racing from Rome to war-torn Bosnia in a dense religious thriller.
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A Vatican priest deciphers coded ancient texts exposing a Manichean conspiracy, racing from Rome to war-torn Bosnia in a dense religious thriller.
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After the mysterious death of one Vatican priest and the disappearance of another, Father Ian Pearse, an American working on ancient Christian texts in the Vatican, comes into possession of a mysterious scroll. He discovers ingeniously coded letters and the text of an ancient Manichean prayer that has never before been found in written form. These reveal a Manichean conspiracy - a sect long-thought dead - reaching deep into the present Vatican hierarchy. Racing from the Vatican via an ancient Gr...
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Sexual content
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Brief wartime affair with intimacy; later romantic and family ties resurface
Violence & gore
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Bosnian wartime shelling; priest murders and deadly conspiracy pursuits
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Vatican clergy, Manichean heresy, ancient Christian texts central to plot
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Secret Manichean sect, coded heretical prayers, and ritual conspiracy elements
Political content
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Bosnian war backdrop; church hierarchy power struggles and ambition
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Wartime civilian peril in Bosnia; institutional cruelty in church intrigue
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