An invaluable Byzantine icon that becomes the object of theft, the suspicion of the existence of an immense treasure, the holiest relics of Christianity that were lost seven hundred years ago, mobilize a multitude of people in search of them.

Among them is a monk from Mount Athos with strange powers, a cunning detective, a fanatical Greek collector, a charming Italian mafia banker, a seductive model, the Greek-Albanian-Serbian underworld with its ruthless godfather of the night, an art restorer, and the best officer of the Greek police will compete in intelligence and speed to reach the discovery of the relics first.

However, they must all fight against each other, solve unsolvable riddles, enter the mind of a monk who died seven centuries ago, fall in love, chase but also be chased, travel to the depths of the Byzantine era, when history was written by monks, Spanish raiders, robbers, and Turkish pirates, Venetians and Frankish knights.

“A ‘angelically’ clever novel that combines modern adventure with Byzantine history and sweeps the reader away.” (Giorgos Leonardos)