The Messiah Code

by Michael Cordy

At the moment of his supreme triumph, a man of science dodges an assassin's bullet and loses everything that truly matters in his life. Now only a miracle can save Dr. Tom Carter's dying the blood of salvation shed twenty centuries ago. In the volatile heart of the Middle East, amid the devastating secrets of an ancient brotherhood awaiting a new messiah, Tom Carter must search for answers to the mysteries that have challenged humankind since the death and resurrection of the greatest Healer who ever walked the Earth. Because suddenly Carter's life, the life of his little girl, and the fate of the world hang in the balance ... After two thousand years, the wait is over ...

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery, Adventure, Religion, Mystery Thriller

400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Michael Cordy's first novel, The Miracle Strain, about the search for the DNA of Christ, was published in over twenty five languages and forty countries. It reached the top five in the Sunday Times Bestseller List and became a bestseller around the world.

Disney bought the film rights for $1.6 million.

Another five novels followed: Crime Zero, Lucifer, True, The Source and the latest THE COLOUR OF DEATH. All have been published in the UK by Bantam Press and Corgi, and translated into several languages.

Warner Bros optioned the film rights to The Source and Michael recently optioned Crime Zero to the producers of Lord Of The Rings and The Golden Compass, agreeing to write the screenplay.

Due to the ‘high concept’ nature of Michael Cordy’s novels the Press have called him “Britain’s answer to Michael Crichton.” Some of his early books have also been compared to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code - although they were bestsellers many years before that novel was written.

The Miracle Strain was republished as The Messiah Code in many countries and some of the other novels have since been republished with new titles too.

Michael Cordy is British but was born in Ghana and spent much of his childhood in West and East Africa, India and Cyprus. He was educated in England at Kings School Canterbury and the universities of Leicester and Durham.

After ten years in marketing and advertising, his wife, Jenny backed his decision to give up a lucrative career and follow his dream of becoming a writer - so long as he finished his first novel in one year. It took him two. (He claims to have written all the necessary words in the allotted twelve months - just not in the right order)

Reviews

[Πάνος Τουρλής]

Το κλειδί της ζωής, το πρώτο μυθιστόρημα του συγγραφέα, παίζει με τους πιο μύχιους φόβους αλλά και τις ελπίδες του σύγχρονου ανθρώπου -τις κατακτήσεις της επιστήμης στο χώρο της Γενετικής. Η απονομή του Νόμπελ Ιατρικής είναι η στιγμή του θριάμβου γα τον δόκτορα Τομ Κάρτερ, εφευρέτη του Γονοσκοπίου, που "διαβάζει" όλα τα γονίδια του ανθρώπου και μπορεί να προβλέψει τη διάρκεια της ζωής του. Ξαφνικά, όμως, όλα καταρρέουν, όταν η γυναίκα του δολοφονείται από μια σφαίρα που προοριζόταν για τον ίδιο και η εννιάχρονη κόρη του, η Χόλυ, αρρωσταίνει βαριά. Η επιστήμη σηκώνει τα χέρια, και μόνο ένα αληθινό θαύμα μπορεί να σώσει πια το παιδί του, που έχει λιγότερο από ένα χρόνο ζωής. Τότε , ο Τομ συμμαχεί με μια πανάρχαια, μυστική αδελφότητα, που του προσφέρει ένα πολύτιμο βιολογικό λείψανο. Το Γονοσκόπιο πρέπει να διαβάσει -και να ανασυνθέσει- το DNA του μεγαλύτερου θεραπευτή στην ιστορία του ανθρώπινου γένους, του ίδιου του Χριστού. Ένα συναρπαστικό μυθιστόρημα με ανατρεπτικό τέλος. Καθαρή επιστημονική φαντασία αλλα μεθυστικό στην αφήγηση και πραγματικό page-turner. Ποτέ δεν ήμουν τόσο φανατικός με τα του Χριστού της Μαγδαληνης κλπ. και δέχτηκα πολύ χαλαρά την ιδέα που εξηγεί την πραγματική αιτία για τα θαύματα που έκανε ο Ιησούς. Το συνιστώ ανεπιφύλακτα.

Στα ελληνικά από την Ωκεανίδα το 2005 (Το κλειδί της ζωής).