In 2006, this book was still considered a crime novel. In the few years that followed, it has become a classic: an adventurous pilgrimage and travel guide that leads people from all over the world to the hidden Manoppello in the Italian Abruzzo, where they pause in awe before a shimmering veil that Badde has discovered for them. The VERA IKON of Christ! For a long time, this unique image drew millions to Rome before it vanished there in 1527. But that's not all. From Rome, Badde takes readers even further, like a detective, to Jerusalem, to the origin of this crown jewel of Christianity: to the dawn of the very first Sunday, on April 7, 30 AD. With the logbook of this sensational rediscovery, the true image has returned to history. Since then, this book has moved countless hearts and feet, as evidenced by all those readers who have embarked on a journey.