A contemporary thriller based upon the miraculous discovery of a priceless obsidian tablet, inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew, during a tempest in a Mayan ruins. Is it a new revelation from God? The artifact spawns a worldwide interest and, if authentic, could prove a sojourner from the Middle East preceded Columbus by two millennia. A decade-long love affair between an American archeologist, Dr. Joshua Lee Penn, and a Mexican anthropologist, Dr. Teresa Vega, grows complicated by family pressures and cultural taboos, and becomes further exacerbated by a criminal syndicate's attempt to murder them and steal the artifact. A corrupt Governor linked to the Mexican cartel seeks revenge against Josh as his relationship with Teresa becomes taxed to an extreme. Josh receives unexpected help from a mysterious Japanese industrialist with an acute interest in the relic and the desire to employ the archeologist on a new monumental quest. An unexpected twist compels Josh to seek revenge against the men who are committed to his demise. Like Cain smote Abel, it's killed or be killed in the action adventure--Eden Lost.