Description
New York City is a spectacular place to be for the holidays, but Josh got a little more than he bargained for when he went there with his family and best friends for a Christmas vacation. When he meets a mysterious old man at the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Square, Josh's world is turned upside down with an unexpected gift -- an ancient looking wooden box with a puzzling contents: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. When they are attacked by men in black trenchcoats, Josh and his siblings and friends must flee with this mysterious gift and find a way to keep it out of the hands of his pursuing assailants. The only clue from the old man leads Josh and his crew to a secret sanctuary that holds the key to Josh's future -- and the past. Josh must traverse time and space to find the famous wisemen of old who followed the star to Bethlehem, the key to reuniting his family and returning home. But first he must defeat one of the foulest villains in the history of mankind -- the enemy of the Messiah, the slayer of children, the Roman collaborator and usurper-king of Judea -- Herod the Great.
Chapter 1
