Under extraordinary circumstances, an old diary falls into the hands of a writer. The archaeologist who found it and created an interlinear version asks that the incredible historical document be given a form that is readable for contemporaries. A secret organization is hunting for the diary. But the sharp detective intrigue of our days is completely eclipsed by those events that apparently happened two millennia ago. The hero of the novel, the author of the diary, a young man of extraordinary abilities, comes to the monastery of magicians living in dungeons on the shores of the Dead Sea. It seems that he is the one who would later become the founder of one of the main religions of the world...