Chapter 1.
“Faith lies in the evidence of things unseen.”
Doctor Adam Calhoun, a thirty-six-year-old oncologist with wavy black hair, kind brown eyes, and a strong sturdy frame that easily supported his muscular six-foot- tall body, slowly navigated his black 1996 Honda Civic EX 4-door sedan up the winding, ancient oak-lined drive towards the residence of his great-grandfather, billionaire philanthropist Henry Calhoun.
The car was a gift he had received the day of his high school graduation from his great-grandfather for graduating with honors from Collinwood Preparatory Academy. The vehicle had remained in pristine condition despite being almost eighteen years old, a testament to Adam’s personality. He was raised surrounded by wealth but was never once served with a silver spoon.
He learned the value of hard work, the importance of pride of ownership and, more importantly, to have a greater value of and priority for the things that money can’t buy.
The Iron Relic Book I: The Crossing Description:
On his deathbed, billionaire philanthropist Henry Calhoun entrusts a silver crucifix pendant to his dearly beloved great grandson, Adam, and entreats him to keep his possession of it a secret. For, he says, in the small chamber at the back of it rests the broken tip from one of the Holy Nails that pierced Christ’s flesh.
The legacy soon becomes a nightmare bequest as mystery, murder and miracles ensue, with shadowy figures and thugs for hire crossing paths with Vatican emissaries and forbidden archaeological excavations. As his family implodes, Doctor Adam Calhoun fights not only for his own life, but that of those he loves.
In this fast-paced psychological thriller, betrayal and jealousy turn allies into enemies as the true power of the pendant, and the iron relic it protects, portends a second coming.
