The Prophetess

US: Time Warner Paperbacks, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. The time is December 1999. Millennial fever holds the world in its grip - s tirring ancient and terrible fears that the apocalypse is at hand. In the S inai desert, archeologist Catherine Alexander just unearthed a cache of six ancient papyrus scrolls that point to the millennium's most transforming s ecret. Discovered inside the legendary Well of Miriam, a site named after t he ancient prophetess who was the sister of Moses, the scrolls reveal a hid den history of the world and its religions - a series of shattering revelat ions that governments will do anything to suppress, and that an enigmatic b illionaire named Miles Havers will do anything to possess. But there is mor e: a seventh scroll that contains a secret of almost unimaginable power. It is a secret that may cost Catherine her life as she dodges government agen ts, Vatican operatives, and cyberspace perils in her race to translate the scrolls and release their powers to the world. Aided by two very different and compelling men, Dr. Julius Voss and Father Michael Garibaldi, Catherine finds herself caught up in the adventure of a lifetime and a struggle that she must win.