The Judas Chronicles: Books One Through Three
“Out-freaking-standing-excellent!” ~ Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews
The first three books of the bestselling Judas Chronicles series:
IMMORTAL PLAGUE
William Barrow carries a dark secret. A very dark secret.
An archivist for the Smithsonian Institute and also a part-time operative for the CIA, no one would ever suspect the handsome ‘thirty-ish’ William is in fact the most reviled human being to ever walk the earth. His infectious warmth and sense of humor make such an assertion especially hard to believe.
But long ago, William Barrow had another name…one that is synonymous with shame and betrayal: Judas Iscariot.
Forced to walk the earth as a cursed immortal, William/Judas is on a quest to reclaim the thirty silver shekels paid to him in exchange for Jesus Christ. Twenty-one coins have now been recovered—thanks in large part to the help from his latest son, the esteemed Georgetown University history professor, Alistair Barrow.
Ever hopeful the complete coin collection will buy him a full pardon from God and end his banishment from heaven, William plans a visit to a remote village deep within Iran’s Alborz Mountains to retrieve ‘silver coin number twenty-two’. But the CIA has a different objective for this trip, one that pits both father and son against an unscrupulous Russian billionaire searching for something else that’s just as precious within the ancient mountains of Iran…something that threatens peace in the modern world if William and Alistair fail to reach it first.
IMMORTAL REIGN
For William Barrow, two thousand years is a very long time…too long, when it is a perpetual punishment for betraying Jesus Christ.
The man originally known as Judas Iscariot is on a mission to recover thirty silver shekels once paid to him for his ultimate treachery. Twenty-two coins have been recovered, leaving just eight to go. But when his Russian nemesis, Viktor Kaslow, also becomes immortal, the stakes are immediately raised.
Kaslow has followed William and his son, Alistair, to Hong Kong in search of a ‘blood coin’ passed down through Genghis Khan. The coin presently belongs to an esteemed Chinese collection. But along with the coin are other cursed items from the famed Mongol Emperor. William soon learns he can’t have the ‘one’ without the others.
William has waited eight hundred years for a second chance to reclaim this particular coin that inspired the Mongolian Empire’s bloody violence it was once famous for. While Kaslow closes in, seeking his own vengeance, William and Alistair race against the CIA and an unscrupulous American businessman intent on reaching the cursed ‘treasure trove’ before them.
Much is at stake for the Barrows and the world, as a deadly weapon unseen for centuries lies in wait alongside blood coin number twenty-three….
IMMORTAL DESTINY
In this third installment of The Judas Chronicles, William Barrow (AKA Judas Iscariot) is faced with recovering the silver coin he dreads above all others. Known as the “Singing Coin” among the ancients, this shekel was originally lost long ago…on the very night of Jesus Christ’s arrest in Jerusalem. Hoping to save it for last, until after the other twenty-nine coins are recovered, Viktor Kaslow’s recent designs for the coin thwart William’s plan.
A new murder spree has begun for the ruthless Kaslow, who races against William and the immortal Roderick Cooley to obtain the coin from a reclusive Essene sect residing in the Bolivian Andes. But unlike William and Kaslow’s previous confrontations, this one involves many more outside interests, since this coin contains unusual properties. If it falls into the wrong hands, the entire world will be brought to its trembling knees…
The stakes have never been higher for William, his family, and the welfare of mankind. To stop Kaslow, William must rely on the help of Roderick, Alistair, and a host of others, both mortal and immortal, to have any hope of reclaiming blood coin number twent
How Slow can you go? Really Slow I’m sorry, I can’t give this the rave reviews that some have given, with this being a page turner. It’s interesting, with this being the travels of Judas through time to collect his lost coins to remove the curse of betraying Jesus. It’s a slow read, and not a very riveting read as some say. It has some spots towards the ending of the story in the first book that’s quite interesting in what they go through and survive and get to the right spot and find a coin. I’ve been trying to get into the…
Biblical Fantasy Thriller I thoroughly enjoyed the first three books of the Judas Chronicles. The author managed to wrap Biblical stories, myths, history, the battle of good and evil, and immortality all into an action packed thriller series. Judas Iscariot, known as William Barrow in everyday life, is trying to find the 30 lost shekels he was paid to betray Jesus in hopes of gaining forgiveness and a second chance. The first story includes The Garden Of Eden. The second has the Mantle of Genghis Kahn and the third…
Surprisingly Good Read My son-in-law strongly suggested that read this series – he knows that I’m a voracious reader. I looked it up here on Amazon and I thought, nah, this doesn’t sound interesting to me so I initially passed on reading any of the books. Then, I got this three-book offering… and subsequently got the whole seven book series because, as the title of this review says, it’s a surprisingly good read.We all know about Judas’ betrayal of Jesus, indeed making him the most hated man in the…