Jesus, the Nazarene preacher, is dead, and Jerusalem is fast becoming a cauldron of hatred.

When Lynx, a Roman ex-legionary, is tasked with finding the body of Jesus which has disappeared from the cross, he soon finds himself embroiled in political intrigue and playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse involving King Herod, High Priest Caiaphas and the Roman authorities.

Fast running out of friends, can Lynx trust the bickering apostles and find a way to answer a question that still reverberates two millennia later: exactly who was Jesus of Nazareth?