The Babylonian Codex by C S Graham

This is the second book in the series with Tobie and Jax as the central characters. Tobie has the ability to carry out remote viewing and is helping the Arts Crime team in searching for the antiquities stolen from Iraq. Jax is the CIA agent who she turns to for help when her life is in danger.

The story opens with the death of the American Vice President while on the World Economic Forum. There is a young journalist who has been trying to get to VP with warnings of danger which are ignored but he is seen in a photograph taken at the time of death. But was this a heart attack or part of an intricate plot leading to something much bigger. The FBI is interested in finding this man and make out that he was a threat and maybe even involved in the death somehow. Nordstrom, a personal assistant to an international financer appears to be directing this action. They also discuss the threat the remote viewer poses during the search for stolen Iraq treasures.

In the remote viewing Tobie describes some old parchments with Biblical illustrations which were not actually part of the targets provided for the viewing. She also sees a building on top of a hill and 2 men in conversation. The FBI agent who has been sent to watch what happens is taken aback by this and starts to kill off all the people there. Tobie manages to escape and run out of the building. A lengthy chase ensues and eventually gets her on to the main road and a lift. She ends up at Jax’s house and asks for help. What has the stolen antiquities got to do with what Tobie saw? Are the documents a part of stolen treasures which were kept secret? Is so how were the 2 men she saw connected to these treasures? And what is the meaning of ‘the event that will remake the world’? 

The story takes them across to Europe and looking for the journalist before the FBI manages to kill him off. How does the richest TV preacher fit into this story or shall I say another major conspiracy theory were the ultimate is to establish a new order of the world based on strict religious principles from an ancient Christian manuscript? Jax and Tobie are also now targets and trying to stay ahead and alive. They need to find that parchment and what understand what it says in order to figure out what the plan is. Like the first novel the plot is complex and all the threads are woven beautifully. This story also is fast paced and keeps you griped with suspense. Scary to think that something like this could possibly be true!