{"product_id":"the-last-heretic-9798233223297","title":"The Last Heretic","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steve Goldsmith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Steve Goldsmith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Steve Goldsmith\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - Ancient\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe victors write history. This is the story of the man who held the pen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAD 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut in a world where heresy is a death sentence, the most dangerous weapon is not the sword, but the inkwell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTasked with recording the final Creed, Archie 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteeped 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Elegant in its prose, fearless in its ideas, and masterful in its ability to weave passion, theology, and suspense into a single breathless narrative.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Reader Review","brand":"Steve Goldsmith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592705163415,"sku":"9798233223297","price":1523.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233223297.webp?v=1774978958","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-last-heretic-9798233223297","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}