About the Book
Book: Masa Chronicles: The Copper Scroll
Author: Nicholas Teeguarden
Genre: Christian Fiction Action/Suspense
Release Date: October 7, 2025
When American grad student and Veteran Joshua Bennett lands in Amman, Jordan, he thinks he’s chasing academic glory. What he finds instead is a centuries-old mystery that’s been waiting for someone reckless or desperate enough to uncover it.
At the center of it all is the Copper Scroll, a cryptic Dead Sea artifact rumored to hold clues to an ancient treasure buried deep in the Judean desert. But Joshua soon learns it’s no ordinary scroll.
Hidden symbols, coded phrases, and whispers of a “shepherd’s path” point to something far more significant and far more dangerous.
As the clues mount, so do the warnings. A silent observer in the library. A cryptic priest with a knowing smile. A message slipped into Joshua’s backpack: The shepherd’s path is not for the faint-hearted.
A cryptic priest and a rabbi jump in to help understand uncovered information. As Mossad agents, Templar knights, and ISIS operatives close in, Joshua and his allies race to unravel the truth. But who seeks to unearth it, and who will kill to keep it buried?
Excerpt from the Book
The words “cave of the pillar” hooked into Joshua’s mind, pulling him back to a memory as vivid as the lecture hall was real. He was eight again, kneeling in the soft, loamy dirt of his grandparents’ backyard in suburban Illinois. The sun beat down, warm and heavy, baking the earth until it released a rich, damp scent that filled his lungs. His chipped plastic shovel, a bright red thing he’d begged for at a garage sale, scraped against the ground as he dug, his small hands gritty with soil.
Beside him, his grandfather crouched, his khaki pants stained at the knees, his voice a warm gravel that seemed to carry stories from centuries past. “Right there, Masa,” he’d said, chuckling as he pointed to a spot near the gnarled roots of an old oak tree. The nickname had stuck years before, born on a museum trip when Joshua, barely five, had stared wide-eyed at a Roman mosaic and stammered, “Masa,” instead of the word he’d meant. His family seized it, a tender badge of his endless curiosity, and it followed him like a shadow.
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About the Author
Nicholas Teeguarden writes faith-fueled thrillers that explore the intersection of history, belief, and discovery. His debut, The Copper Scroll: Masa Chronicles, follows archaeologist Joshua “Masa” Bennett across the Middle East in a race to uncover one of history’s most enigmatic biblical relics. Praised for its vivid realism and clean storytelling, the novel has been honored with a ChristLit Award, a Readers’ Favorite 5-star review, and recognition at the Paris Book Festival.
A veteran whose global service inspires his storytelling, Teeguarden aims to create cinematic fiction that uplifts while it thrills. He is currently developing the next installment in The Masa Chronicles alongside The Teeguarden Writing Room, a growing creative community where readers and writers explore faith, art, and story together.