Lucius has a serious talk with Miriam. Jesus wanders in Galilee, teaching and arguing with the priests, then returns to Sepphoris on an urgent mission. A family visit ends in trouble.
Lucius, Kasha, Miriam and her aunt Deborah travel to the Jordan river, meet Jesus and John the Baptist. Jesus begins a personal journey and visits an old friend and mentor in Sepphoris.
Lucius and Kasha travel to Judea where they meet Pontius Pilate, members of the Jewish Council then take the road to Jerusalem where they meet unexpected trouble on the way.
Part two of the story begins in first century Rome. Two Romans are charged by the emperor Tiberius to travel on a secret mission to Judea where the Prefect Pontius Pilate has been causing trouble among the people.
The final chapters in Part 1 in which the secret that had been hidden in the Israeli desert for two thousand years is found and the consequences are revealed.
These chapters take you through the discovery of the fragments contents, the search for the secret hidden in the desert and the attempt by treasure hunters to steal it.