
The Christos Mosaic
A Novel
by Vincent Czyz
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Pub Date Oct 27 2015 | Archive Date Nov 01 2015
Amphorae Publishing Group | Blank Slate Press
Description
A #1 BESTSELLER IN KINDLE HISTORICAL THRILLERS
Ancient scrolls hold the key to the origins of Christianity—but some will stop at nothing to hide the truth
A suspicious death in Istanbul leaves one ancient scroll and clues to finding another in the hands of Drew Korchula, a thirty-two-year-old American expat, a Turkish dwarf named Kadir, and Zafer, a Special Forces washout. Drew is desperate to turn everything over to the academic community, and in the process redeem himself in the eyes of his estranged wife, but Kadir and Zafer are only interested in what they can get for the scrolls on the black market.
Not everyone wants to see the scrolls go public, however, and some will stop at nothing to protect the Church and believers around the world from the revelations embodied in the priceless manuscripts.
An action-packed intellectual thriller unraveling the mystery of a theological cold case more than two thousand years old, The Christos Mosaic is a monumental work of biblical research wrapped in a story of love, faith, human frailty, friendship, and forgiveness. Author Vincent Czyz takes the reader through the backstreets of Istanbul, Antakya (ancient Antioch), and Cairo, to clandestine negotiations with wealthy antiquities smugglers and ruthless soldiers of fortune, to dusty Egyptian monasteries, on a nautical skirmish off the coast of Alexandria, and finally to the ruins of Constantine's palace buried deep beneath the streets of present-day Istanbul.
A Note From the Publisher
Vincent Czyz received an MA in comparative literature from Columbia University, and an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University. He is the author of the collection Adrift in a Vanishing City, and is the recipient of the 1994 Faulkner-Wisdom Prize for Short Fiction and two fellowships from the NJ Council on the Arts. The 2011 Truman Capote Fellow at Rutgers University, his short stories and essays have appeared in Shenandoah, AGNI, The Massachusetts Review, Tampa Review, Quiddity, Louisiana Literature, Logos Journal, New England Review, Boston Review, Sports Illustrated, Poets & Writers, and many other publications. Although he has traveled the world and spent some ten years in Istanbul, Turkey, he now lives and works in New Jersey, where he was born.
Advance Praise
"I can't come up with enough superlatives to express how thoroughly—completely—hugely—immensely—I enjoyed reading this novel. It's everything I could have wished for and much more. It must be read by as many people worldwide as possible. I have a gut feeling that it could effect a sea-change in the common understanding of Christianity. It's a masterful synthesis of solid scholarship and adventure. I'm glad to be one of its first appreciative readers." - Paul Palmer, former assistant editor, American Atheist Magazine
Marketing Plan
Fans of The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown will love The Christos Mosaic. Vincent Czyz has crafted a rare story that combines the best of the fast-paced thriller embodied by Brown’s work, with the deeper exploration of faith and forgiveness exemplified by Caldwell.
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781943075034 |
PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
Featured Reviews

I enjoyed the book very much, but did find you had to totally concentrate on as it does become quite complicated and I found there were a lot of names and events thrown in, and was easy to lose your way.
Can only imagine the amount of research the author must have put into the book to bring it all together, his knowledge is very impressive.
Would recommend it.