Whilst Sara Farnese pours over ancient texts in the silent Vatican reading room, a brutal murder is taking place in a nearby church. Then suddenlt a crazed man arrives in the Vatican carrying a bloodied bag. He walks up to Sara's desk. He has something he would like her to see...

Soon Sara is inextricably linked to a series of horrific and cunning murders, each one in some way symbolizing the death of a Christian martyr.

Into this climate enter Detectives Costa and Rossi, enlisted to track down the killer, and to protect Sara from the horrors she is doomed to confront...

Reserved for schoolin' :)