What if the Ark of the Covenant isn't a reference to the chest containing the Ten Commandments God revealed to Moses atop Mount Sinai?What if it refers to the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh whose contents would revolutionize religious history?As ex-Jesuit Scott Larson and adventuress Zady Jones learn, such a discovery can be deadly.A terrorist attack on the Great Pyramid of Giza ratchets up the tension in Washington, D.C., where President John Jenkins has been impeached for an order declaring the U.S. a Judeo-Christian nation. The terrorists threaten more attacks in Egypt and the U.S. unless their demand is met-and it's something only Larson and Jones can give them. When the efforts to meet the terrorists' demand goes awry and Zady's sister is kidnapped, Larson and Jones race to save her. Along the way, they receive a series of mysterious clues that point to the existence of a shocking historical secret, one that could not only topple Jenkins' presidency but upend Judeo-Christianity.