Etched in Stone

Why did God accept Abel's offering and turn away Cain's?
One scientist is about to find out, and the answer could unmake the world.

Still grieving the death of her partner, biochemist Jodie is 140 days into an excavation in the Kalahari Desert, searching for answers to a devastating biological impossibility that no textbook can explain.

What her crew unearths is a stone — ancient, perfectly smooth, etched with characters no human being has ever seen. Two workers who touched it had to be restrained, raving about their life energies draining away. And the stone whispers to Jodie of a place she has only read about in Scripture, a story she doesn't believe.

Cain's stone. From the dawn of Genesis.

As the stone's power grows - pulling Jodie into the heart of the Garden of Eden - its existence becomes public. A global podcast declares that God's choice of Abel's offering over Cain's was the first act that poisoned humanity's well. Every war. Every prejudice. Every ill that has ever affected society throughout history. Rooted there, in one divine decision.

Outraged, hundreds of millions take to the streets. Civilization begins to disintegrate. And Jodie ascertains that the stone doesn't just reveal the past; it can rewrite the future.

She has one chance. One stone. One life - perhaps forfeited. And the fate of every human being in the world.

ETCHED IN STONE is a riveting supernatural thriller where science meets faith; a retelling of Cain and Abel that dares to question the story everyone thinks they know. For readers who want a story that resonates long after the book is finished.

A novel for adults. Contains some strong language.