The year is 1835 – in the back alleys of London John Campbell-John is running for his life. A rogue, imposter, swindler – a man without honour, without empathy for his fellow man. But his massive debts have now vindictively caught up with him. He has even stolen from his best friend. He has one option – to flee the country In Venice there is a chance encounter and an unlikely friendship emerges. Robert Babcock is everything John is not – honourable, academic, a man on an admirable quest – to travel in Egypt to find the earliest original copies of the Gospels to prove the reliability of the story of Jesus, as told in the King James Bible. Is Gospel Truth, as we say today, really undeniable. A story of discovery, of adventure from the River Nile to the endless deserts of Sinai, and ultimately a personal redemption.