Blood Quest

BLOOD QUEST follows art historian Michael Bennington as he investigates the potential cloning of Christ. Legend has it, while removing Jesus’ body from the cross, Joseph of Aramathia collected a sample of the prophet’s blood which was then transferred to a vial and sealed with wax. The artifact is detailed in an ancient document from the 1200s stating: sacred blood in sacred image lies. The Vatican believes the sacred image refers to an icon purportedly painted by the Evangelist Luke which disappeared soon after the document’s mention of it. Fast forward to the present and there are at least six venerated icons throughout Christendom purported to be the one lost. It is Bennington's task to locate the icon containing the vial before a sinister Jesuit fraternity within the Vatican finds it first. This fraternity’s unscrupulous aim is to use the contents of the vial to clone an exact copy, body and blood, of Jesus Christ and, with this individual, contest the papal throne.