Showing The Lazarus Smile by J. Christoph Amberger

“A strong thriller!” —Helen Ginger, Doing it Write!

“J. Christoph Amberger could teach Dan Brown a thing or two about old enmities, unholy alliances, and conspiracy theories. THE LAZARUS SMILE has all those plot lines and more. It is a book well researched and intelligently told." —Allen Russell, Exposures


Three little words, the name of a Saint, could destabilize the world and destroy Christianity. Worse, they endanger Sebastian Stahl’s family. He has only one option: Face up to his family’s terrifying past—and face down assassins and rogue special ops.

When Stahl hid some brittle documents for an elderly neighbor, he never expected to find himself at the center of a brutal hunt for a scrap of ancient Greek papyrus.

As he pieces together its unsavory past, he uncovers a bloody conspiracy reaching back to the reign of Nero—involving Emperors, Popes, saints and soldiers, and the dark, self-serving schemes of Heinrich Himmler.

A mysterious Danish-born ex-stormtrooper manages to manipulate the conflicting emotions brought on by a brush with death (and a gorgeous blonde psychiatrist) before Stahl can discover his grandfather’s most closely guarded secret... and finds redemption in the taking of a human life!