The Shroud of Turin is the most studied and controversial religious relics in human history. The ancient linen cloth bears the image of a man, alleged to be that of Jesus of Nazareth. What if it were real? What if it contained a secret powerful enough to alter the course of human history? And what if it fell into the wrong hands?

Originally written in 1962, The Image is a prescient book asserting that society, over time, would demand more spectacle, more celebrity,and “pseudo-events”, that is, events which are created solely for the sake of being reported…and that all this distracts us from objective truth

A war-scarred news reporter returns to the States to discover his former wife brutally murdered and the local cops doing nothing to find her killer. Driven by guilt and regret over his failed marriage, Peter sets out with an old friend, to find the killer. They unearth a shadowy world of sex, drugs, political corruption and soon become the hunted.