The 13th Enumeration (Thirteenth)

In 43 AD, Levi ben Cheleph, a Roman customs official, composes acontroversial genealogy of Jesus. For the next nineteen centuries,this list becomes one of the most disputed texts of the NewTestament and the basis for one of the most important biblicalsecrets of all time. The 13th Enumeration is the key to thatforgotten secret. Darius Zaridast, CEO of Aquarius Elemental Solutions, is ona quest to destroy those he believes are responsible for the deathof his father and the status of his homeland, Persia, as athird-world dictatorship ruled by religious fanatics. Darius findsevidence that this group, which he calls the Order, is also part ofa centuries-old conspiracy to keep the secret of the 13thEnumeration. This secret, he learns, is their greatest fear becauseit is the key to information that could destroy them. His research into this secretive group of people is compiledin a dossier he calls FILE-13. Darius believes some of history'smost influential men are somehow connected to the secret: *Sir Isaac Newton, one of the most influential scientists ofall time, spent a good portion of his life looking for a hiddenbiblical code. *Charles Thomson, one of only two signers of the originalDeclaration of Independence, was responsible for the most notorioussymbols in American history. This symbol, known by only a few, is akey to the secret. *William Frishmuth, a German chemist and secret agent forAbraham Lincoln, was so valued for his services he was paid twohundred dollars from Abraham Lincoln's private purse. *William Colgate of Colgate/Palmolive, one of America'searly entrepreneurs, owned a building which featured an unsolvedbrick symbol--a symbol which today is known as the "American DaVinci Code." This cipher holds the key to the forgotten secret. *Sir Robert Anderson, commissioner of Scotland Yard duringthe Ripper murders, almost discovered the secret. *Benjamin Franklin, writer, inventor, philosopher, andstatesman, may have been involved in guarding this ancientknowle