The Wrong Messiah

Jesus of Nazareth – probably the most influential man ever to have walked this earth, and yet most of his life is veiled in mystery.

Now, this extensively researched and groundbreaking novel discovers the man at the heart of the Gospel accounts and recreates the complex and brutal reality of life under Roman domination in first century Palestine. From the mysterious origins of his birth, through his childhood in a small Galilean village and the unrecorded years of his youth, to his emergence as a powerful and charismatic preacher who challenged the religious and political establishment of his day, the reader is taken on a journey of how it could could have happened.

From the strange and secret world of Qumran to the women who defied convention and played a pivotal role in Jesus’s mission, the story weaves its way inexorably to his death on the cross and the enigma of the resurrection. This is a powerful and thought-provoking novel that challenges preconceived ideas and will stay in the mind long after the final page has been read.