CROSSBEAMS: A NOVEL [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

“A Roman Warrior’s greatest battle begins at an empty tomb.”In Rome just before the ministry of Christ, Tribune Flavius returns triumphant from war against the Germanic tribes—only to uncover a deadly conspiracy threatening his life, his family, and his beloved. After avenging his brother’s murder, Emperor Tiberius sends him to quell unrest in Judea.On the way, Flavius storms into a small workshop in Nazareth, seizing wood and forcing a young Jesus to load his cart—an encounter he will never forget. In Jerusalem, guided by Joseph of Arimathea and drawn to Aria, a rabbi’s daughter, Flavius is pulled into the tension between Rome’s power and Israel’s faith.Flavius captures Barabbas, but returns from Syria to find someone else hanging on the cross meant for him. At the garden tomb, Flavius becomes an eyewitness to the Resurrection—and everything he believes collapses.Protecting the disciples and hiding the soldiers’ guilt, Flavius secretly embraces the new faith. When Tiberius summons him back to Rome, he leaves his beloved Aria behind—but carries with him a truth that will forever change his life and his destiny, and his world will never be the same. Read more