The Nativity of Bloodshed by Moshe Levin

1593. A young Franciscan friar from southern Italy arrives at the holy land to document Christianity’s holiest places. In the fields of Bethlehem, he meets a young girl who shows him a secret linked to the Church of Nativity. Awed by the discovery, he gifts her with a portrait, unaware that his seemingly innocent gift might cost her her life.

A British Surveyor arrive at British-occupied Israel following his service in the first World War. During a survey mission Giles makes an eye-opening discovery outside of Jerusalem – that will change his life forever.

When armed militants occupy of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, an elite sniper scouts the church, ready to shoot whoever tries to escape the siege through one of the underground passages.

Past and present collide as three men are linked in a violent cycle at one of the holiest places on Earth.

Category: Thrillers – Historical