The Agglomerate

" Four months after the sudden death of his wife, Karen, Rick Hunter still harbors resentment toward God in particular and Christianity in general. All the questions that bothered him about the life of Christ and how the Christian churches accumulated, selected, and dispersed that information resurfaced. He has always felt that the church forced their version on the people, but Karen?s faith and his love for her suppressed those thoughts.

He leaves his successful family-owned financial business to link up with virtually unknown archeologists Ron Conner and LB, seeking proof that God exists. An old British sea captain completes the core team. Ron has exceptional wealth and amazing competitors.

Rick joins the team, moving to a South American dig site near the boundaries of Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil, where they discover two important artifacts. Then Ron obtains an ancient scroll from Magdala, Israel, that leads them to a dangerous underwater excavation off Santorini Island, Greece. The artifact found off Santorini splits the team. LB and Rick are sent to Ephesus, Turkey, while Ron and the captain travel to Liangzhu, China.

LB and Rick find the Ephesus Stone and encounter a most unusual girl in the House of the Virgin Mary. The girl directs them to Abydos, Egypt, where she disappears, and then the Ephesus Stone is stolen. Four people are murdered as they pursue the stone in Cairo, Luxor, and Saqqâra. Next, they have to run for their lives through the streets of Cairo before recovering the stone and rejoining the rest of the team in China, where a meeting of competitors and other interested people gather to view the artifacts and their undecipherable writings. Subsequently, the artifacts are transformed into The Agglomerate with a clear message to all.

Universal demand to scrutinize The Agglomerate is immense. Rick?s only trip accompanying the icon is to Erio, the most feared planet in this part of the Milky Way galaxy. This is done at the personal request of Lanth, who is the only known person from Erio. An attempt to detain LB, Rick, and The Agglomerate is averted at the last second. However, unintentionally they leave the impression that Rick must have a very special relationship with God.

As The Agglomerate makes its way through the galaxy to various civilizations that are pondering the question of God?s existence, it?s apparent that some things may never change. Many are convinced The Agglomerate proves God?s presence while others believe it is a fraud.

Other books by the author are the following: The Coalition, Gone, and Stringer 969.
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