Scroll Back: Travel in Time...to Seek Eternal Life

by Jay Stamatis, Steven P. Stamatis, Christina Keats (Illustrator)

Scroll Back dares to explore scriptural alternatives providing bold insights into Christian beliefs. Alex, an anthropologist, comes upon a folio from the Thomas Gospel in an excavation site in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. Hidden coordinates lead him to the Dead Sea where he finds another scroll wrapped in animal skin. The painful deciphering process ultimately reveals Biblical Time Travel secrets imbedded in a Key Scroll hidden in Mexican pyramids.
The 20-year search culminates with a final journey to Mexico’s Pyramid of the Sun with Alex’s protégé Peter Mandes. Aware of the historic nature of Alex’s research, an agent of a global brotherhood bent on acquiring the Scroll, Nick Parseconis funds the research but tracks their activity. He reports his progress to the brotherhood, while he shapes his own agenda.
Steeped with intrigue, cruelty, deception and murder, the story delivers a heart-stopping succession of riveting scenes that cry out for a broader to reconnect people with their Creator.
Trapped between the unfolding tension for the priceless Scroll and his own spiritual struggle to discover God, Peter focuses on validating his faith as he uncovers the path to Time Travel. He launches a journey through Time that blends the unimagined with the real.

316 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 3, 2014

Reviews

[w gall · Rating 2 out of 5]

What is Science Fiction? The setting is invariably a different universe than ours, with more and faster action, and usually has technological possibilities in advance of ours. It rarely involves God, with the notable exception of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion. Several characters in this book are "Orthodox Christians." Except they have discovered a "better" way, through a Gospel of Thomas that has extra content, extolling the light from within, which enables time travel. The Church, set in it's ways, does not acknowledge these valuable insights. As an Orthodox Christian myself, I see oil and water, science fiction and religion, as inappropriate to mix. One comes away with a feeling that the Church is stuffy and restricting, limiting revelation from books outside the Canon of Scripture. Simply put, the book disparages the Church. As Science Fiction the book is OK, but this mutation of Christianity in my opinion is not OK.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting mystery thriller with a time travelling twist, filled with memorable characters and with strong pacing that starts slowly but builds to a great finish. An interesting lead character and a narrative that quickly draws you in I would recommend this story to anyone who likesauthors like Dan Brown