The 13th Enumeration

In 43 AD, Levi ben Cheleph, a Roman customs official, composes a controversial genealogy of Jesus. For the next nineteen centuries, this list becomes one of the most disputed texts of the New Testament and the basis for one of the most important biblical secrets of all time. The 13th Enumeration is the key to that forgotten secret. Darius Zaridast, CEO of Aquarius Elemental Solutions, is on a quest to destroy those he believes are responsible for the death of his father and the status of his homeland, Persia, as a third-world dictatorship ruled by religious fanatics. Darius finds evidence that this group, which he calls the Order, is also part of a centuries-old conspiracy to keep the secret of the 13th Enumeration. This secret, he learns, is their greatest fear because it is the key to information that could destroy them. His research into this secretive group of people is compiled in a dossier he calls FILE-13. Darius believes some of history's most influential men are somehow connected to the secret: Sir Isaac Newton, one of the most influential scientists of all time, spent a good portion of his life looking for a hidden biblical code.Charles Thomson, one of only two signers of the original Declaration of Independence, was responsible for the most notorious symbol in American history. This symbol, known by only a few, is a key to the secret.William Frishmuth, a German chemist and secret agent for Abraham Lincoln, was so valued for his services he was paid two hundred dollars from Abraham Lincoln's private purse. William Colgate of Colgate/Palmolive, one of America's early entrepreneurs, owned a building which featured an unsolved brick symbol--a symbol which today is known as the "American Da Vinci Code." This cipher holds the key to the forgotten secret.Sir Robert Anderson, commissioner of Scotland Yard during the Ripper murders, almost discovered the secret.Benjamin Franklin, writer, inventor, philosopher, and statesman, may have been involved in guarding this ancient knowledge. As Darius's plot for revenge matures, he initiates the most devastating attack in the history of New York's financial district. With Manhattan Island a ghost town, Darius uses the ensuing events to perpetrate the greatest financial manipulation of all time. Just when he has the world convinced he is its savior, Darius Zarindast destroys his entire corporate empire, causing the largest financial meltdown in history. He has finally realized his revenge. The only bitterness in his cup of retribution is his inability to solve the secret of the 13th Enumeration. In this battlefield of revenge, conspiracy, and superstition, an archeological discovery is made in Capernaum, Israel--a discovery which will forever change the way the prophecies of the Bible are understood. Zane Harrison, a dig volunteer, and Rachael Neumann, daughter of the director of Israeli Antiquities, unwittingly stumble upon an incredible treasure of artifacts. Their find leads to the rediscovery of the 13th Enumeration. They soon learn their discovery is the key to a mathematical cipher found in the very first chapter of the New Testament, an ancient code which has profound implications regarding the status of Jesus Christ as the biblical Messiah. The unearthing of this ancient secret places them directly in the crosshairs of the Order. Will they be able to share their discovery with the world before the Order destroys the evidence and once again erases all knowledge of the 13th Enumeration from the pages of history? The 13th Enumeration is a thrilling page-turner which weaves little-known historical and biblical facts into a plot that could have been taken from today's headlines. The explosive conclusions of this story will leave the secular and Christian reader alike wondering if this is really a work of fiction--or the greatest discovery of our generation.Review"*Intriguing, Thoughtful and Provacative"  - *Frontier 2000 Media Group  "Reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller... The novel has all the ingredients for a blockbuster movie." - Scottie Dayton, editor/writer *"Imagine The Da Vinci Code Written By A Biblical Scholar" ... The twist is that Struse plays for the other team. He approaches the Scriptures with a bias towards belief, and yet with an open-mindedness and curiosity which leads him to find secrets hidden in these texts in plain sight. - *Amram Shapiro, - Book of Odds -From the Back CoverTerrorists strike again at the heart of American commerce and banking with devastating effect. A twenty-five-hundred-year-old Persian artifact incites the Muslim world and seriously undermines the credibility of certain Christian beliefs concerning their Messiah. A new technology is discovered which changes the balance of power around the globe. Are these random events or carefully laid plans to change the order of the world? A college research paper leads to the rediscovery of a biblical code hidden for almost two thousand years. Its implications reverberate through four thousand years of history. Its author and his friends find themselves sucked into a conspiracy of historic proportions. Will they make sense of events before it's too late? An epic battle is waged as powerful interests fight to control the knowledge of the 13th Enumeration.