Dimensions
154 x 234 x 24mm
Within each generation, there are 36 righteous souls whose lives hold the key to the fate of the world.
Now someone wants them dead ...
As a result of a childhood tragedy, Professor David Shepherd finds himself the keeper of knowledge that holds the world in a delicate balance. He knows who is in the Book of Names, an ancient text originating with the biblical Adam, thought lost to history forever. By Kabbalistic tradition, the book contains the names of each generation's 36 righteous souls - the Hidden Ones - by whose existence alone the world continues to exist. Legend holds that if all 36 Hidden Ones were eliminated, the world would be destroyed.
The Hidden Ones start dying of natural causes, and the world grows increasingly unstable: massive flooding in New York; brutal terrorist attacks in Melbourne. David finds himself battling against secret religious sect "the Gnoseos", and his involvement turns personal when one of the names turns out to be that of his own step-daughter.
With the help of an Israeli ancient texts researcher, David races to decipher the traditions of the Kabbalah to save the remaining righteous souls, his daughter... and the world.
