Keepers of the Covenant is a brilliant cryptological novel by Tom Egeland, a leading Norwegian writer of historical intellectual detective fiction. The novel has been translated into 17 languages. After the unexpected death of a priest friend who found a parchment covered with mysterious runes, archaeologist Bjorn Belte finds himself embroiled in a religious conspiracy dating back to ancient times. Trying to figure out who was interested in his friend’s death and why, Bjorn himself becomes a target. However, he stubbornly follows the trail, discovering evidence in the present and past, moving in search of a solution to this crime from Oslo to Berlin, Rome, Cairo, Washington, Santo Domingo... He learns that the murder is somehow mysteriously connected with the year 1013, when a detachment of Vikings led by the Norwegian king Olaf plundered the tomb of a certain Saint in the upper Nile and, without knowing it, the Norwegians became the owners of one of the greatest secrets of the Old Testament. But what is this secret? And will the hero be able to resist the powerful forces of his enemies and reveal to the world the mystery of past centuries?