The story starts off with our current timeline where Dr Erin Granger is excavating some ruins in Caesarea, Israel, when she gets alerted to the events that occurred in Masada, Israel, where an earthquake has taken place.
Next is Jordan Stone who is the Special Forces soldier introduced in the City of Screams short story and here we get to know him better while Rhun Korza is the Vatican priest who is sent to investigate the strange events of Masada where he encounters Erin, Jordan and a few others who have their own interests and agendas. Thus begin the events that form the crux of the plot of Blood Gospel.
Unfortunately, a brutal attack at the site sets the three on the run, thrusting them into a race to recover what was once perserved in the tomb's sarcophagus - a book rumoured to have been written by Christ's own hand, a tome that is said to hold the secrets to His divinity.
From crumbling tombs to splendorous churches, Erin and her two companions must confront a past that traces back thousands of years, to a time when ungodly beasts hunted the dark spaces of the world, to a moment in history when Christ made a miraculous offer, a pact of salvation for those who were damned for eternity.
This book shares all the characteristic trademarks of Rollins’ work. However, there is also the presence of Rebecca Cantrell who lends her excellent characterisation skills to create a hybrid product.
The authors deliver a story that is unlike anything they have written individually. Mixing fascinating mythological aspects with the supernatural and basing it in a contemporary setting, they give us a tale that will have the readers asking for more.