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The Bible of Clay

By: Julia Navarro
Narrated by: Shohreh Aghdashloo
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Summary

In St. Peter's Basilica, a man sits in a confessional asking forgiveness for a murder he's about to commit. And a young priest begins a desperate journey to stop him....

It's only the beginning of a ruthless race among the world's most powerful to find a rumored cache of sacred texts inscribed with the story of Creation as told by Abraham. This account, on tablets of clay, predates the Bible by a thousand years and could be one of the most important discoveries of all time. 

Archaeologist Clara Tannenberg's announcement of an excavation to seek the tablets has set off shock waves of outrage, contempt, and outright disbelief. But among four old friends, bound through decades by shared tragedy, the announcement has renewed their hunger for revenge. For Clara's reclusive, infamous grandfather Alfred is a man as feared as he is hated and his enemies will stop at nothing to destroy him - and will use anything as a weapon...even his granddaughter.

As Clara and her husband Ahmed put together a ragtag team to excavate the Bible of Clay from deep within the heart of Iraq, another far more sinister team is determined to get there first. Sweeping from the time of the biblical patriarchs to the front lines of the Iraqi conflict to the parties and back rooms of Washington, D.C., The Bible of Clay is a thriller of unrelenting, thought-provoking, and all-too-plausible suspense.

©2008 Julia Navarro (P)2008 Books on Tape

Critic reviews

“Navarro has crafted an intriguing adventure book that has what sells today: a dash of politics, a cupful of religious artifacts and lore, and brave characters determined to find the truth against all odds.” (FreshFiction.com)

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Very badly narrated

Could not listen more than one chapter so badly narrated, this person should not do this job, Julia's book deserve so much better

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More than Disapointing

Was really looking forwrd to this book as had throughly enjoyed The brotherhood of the holy shroud. Unfortunately dont know how I feel about this book as the narrator made it an impossible task to listen to. I have tried but after spending a week struggling to listen to the first hour I have had to admit defeat. Such a shame!

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Extremely disappointed!!

The book promised a good listen and I was really looking forward to it. Then the narrator started and I just couldn't listen any more after the first two or three minutes. Aghdashloo appears to have a very limited vocabulary of English and his native accent drove me crazy because I could not understand most of his words. Very disappointed and a hard lesson to learn.........always look at the narrator before buying.

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unlistenable

only audiobook I've not been able to finish, to be honest not even an hour and I've tried several times.
Felt bad about giving one star overall as I'm genuinely interested in the book, but to rate it overall I'll have to read it as listening to it is not an option.

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Do not expect a Dan Brown escapade

A very disppointing book. Far too long. Ridiculous and completely unsympathetic characters. Narration is monotonous and poorly executed. The plot is wholly out dated and slow in the extreme.

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