An invaluable Byzantine icon that becomes the object of theft, the suspicion of an untold treasure's existence, the holiest relics of Christianity lost seven hundred years ago, mobilize a multitude of people to find them. Among them, a Mount Athos monk with strange powers, a demonic detective, an obsessive Greek collector, a charming Italian mafia banker, a seductive model, the Greek-Albanian-Serbian underworld with its ruthless night boss, an art conservator, and the best police officer of the Greek Police will compete in intelligence and speed to be the first to discover the treasures. However, they must all fight against each other, solve unsolvable riddles, penetrate the mind of a monk who died seven centuries ago, fall in love, chase and be chased, travel to the secrets of the Byzantine era, when history was written by monks, Spanish invaders, thieves, and Turkish pirates, Venetians and Frankish knights.

"An 'angelically' smart novel that combines modern adventure with Byzantine history and captivates the reader".

(Giorgos Leonardos)