Jonathan Wolf
The world
Ancient Jerusalem at the edge of reform, purge, and political reinvention.
The danger
A discovered scroll whose origins are more dangerous than anyone in power will admit.
The Hidden Scroll
Wolf Hall meets Conclave in ancient Judah.
In Josiah's Jerusalem, a dangerous scroll may not be what the court claims.
A Temple scribe who knows how texts are made is drawn into a crisis of authorship, authority, and survival. In a kingdom where words can crown kings, destroy enemies, and outlive everyone who writes them, truth is never merely private.
At a glance
For readers who like literary history under pressure
For readers drawn to literary historical fiction, political intrigue, biblical history, and the dangerous life of texts, The Hidden Scroll enters the world of Josiah's Jerusalem through the eyes of a scribe who understands that words can crown kings, destroy enemies, and outlive everyone who writes them.
Kingship
The crown carries reform, prestige, fear, and the constant risk of political fracture.
Prophecy
Speech aimed at kings can expose corruption, intensify reform, and destabilize power at once.
Scribal power
Copying, preserving, framing, and interpreting a text can change what a people thinks it is.
Memory
The deeper struggle is over whose version of the past becomes binding in the present.