This prequel to Bloodline of the Holy Grail traces the bloodline of Jesus back to the dawn of civilization and makes some astounding discoveries. Jesus's father, Joseph, for example, was not a carpenter but an alchemist. The Israelite exodus from Egypt was led not by Moses but by Miriam, a queen and high priestess. And Adam and Eve were not the first human beings, but the first of a particular kind-genetically engineered by extraterrestrials.