This Book Takes Place between A.D. 395 - 444

Holy Murder a novel based on facts and real events about the murder of Hypatia of Alexandria, a brilliant professor who challenged the powerful Bishop Cyril. The story takes place in the city of Alexandria, located at the delta end of the Nile. The crucial characters are real and lived in the same city during Hypatia's lifetime. Hypatia of Alexandria chaired the Neo-platonic department at the famous learning center located in Alexandria. Hypatia of Alexandria's position and scientific mind threatened the Bishop of Alexandria. She disputed the grandeur of the Church by revealing a scientific discovery which conflicted with church theology. Bishop Cyril's jealous and evil nature wanted Hypatia of Alexandria killed and all her manuscripts destroyed because she represented a danger to the royal way of theology.

Holly Murder Addresses Fourth and Fifth Century Issues such as; the complete divinity of Jesus; the trinity; the translation of holy manuscripts; the declining of the political structure of the Roman Empire and much more...

The Reader will Discover that Holy Murder; a broader view of the developing Church in the Fourth an Fifth Centuries; Ruthless Theologians; Questions about whether or not some saints deserve their titles; how Hypatia of Alexandria's death affected scientific progress and understand why and who halted scientific discoveries for over a thousand years.