The Da Vinci Code is currently showing at Rainbow Cinemas. Love it or hate it, the film version of the controversial novel, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hank, has been attracting crowds since it opened in May.
Now a Los Angeles woman, 43, claims in a new novel based on her
life that she can trace her antecedents to Jesus and Mary
Magdalene. The Expected One is being released in the United
States this week.
Simon & Schuster is publishing Kathleen McGowan's book and
rights have been sold in more than 20 languages.
McGowan began working on her book in 1989. The Da Vinci Code was published in 2003.
McGowan's novel, like The Da Vinci Code, is replete with
conspiracies, hidden documents and a Vatican hierarchy that
keeps close watch on individuals searching for secrets hidden
for 2,000 years.
McGowan originally planned to write The Expected One as
non-fiction but says she couldn't make public the sources she
developed while researching and writing her book.
