The Last Heretic: The True Meaning Behind the Creed
by Steve Goldsmith
A scribe subverts empire and alters the Creed.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The victors write history. This is the story of the man who held the pen.
AD 325. At the Council of Nicaea, the future of the Western world is being forged in a crucible of wine, ego, and blood. Emperor Constantine wants a unified Church to bolster his fractured Empire. The Bishops want divine authority. Archelaus—a sharp-tongued scribe with no patience for piety—wants only to survive the crossfire.
But in a world where heresy is a death sentence, the most dangerous weapon is not the sword, but the inkwell.
Tasked with recording the final Creed, Archelaus discovers that the “consensus” is a lie born of coercion. Entangled in a forbidden love with the fiery Helena and trapped between the warring ideologies of the world’s most powerful men, Archie commits the ultimate act of rebellion: he subverts the very document meant to define God.
Steeped in fifty years of research, The Last Heretic is a philosophical thriller that explores the cost of conviction in an age of dogma. It is a bold meditation on the moment faith became a tool of the State—and the one man who dared to record the truth.
“Elegant in its prose, fearless in its ideas, and masterful in its ability to weave passion, theology, and suspense into a single breathless narrative.” — Reader Review
Book Details:
- Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Format: Paperback, eBook
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