First published 2015
Bethany Barclay races through England and Europe searching for the Pilate Stone, a mysterious first-century artifact. The Wilderness, an ancient cabal determined to destroy Christianity, has killed her best friend and framed her for terrorism. Now they hold hostage a brilliant teen hacker Bethany promised to protect. The ransom demand is simple: find the stone that might not exist. The Garden, powerful intellectuals who claim they want to help the Church and support Bethany, will betray her to serve their own agenda. A third group watches from the shadows, waiting for her to fail. Surrounded by double and triple agents who refuse to play fair, Bethany discovers that everyone wants to control whether faith survives in the modern world. Some will preserve belief at any cost. Others will destroy it completely. Bethany must decide which side deserves her trust before they destroy hers.
Genres: adventure, mystery, contemporary, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, race-against-time
Setting: England, Europe
Period: 21st-century
335 pages · Kindle Edition · Zondervan
Content warnings: violence