A novel · Michael J. Morris
The First
Silence
The Reliquary of Iona
A literary thriller of faith, forbidden language, ancient manuscripts, and a secret history was meant to keep.
Provisional publication · November 2026
Some languages are lost.
One was silenced.
Daniel, a graduate student at Trinity College Dublin, spends his days deciphering old languages under the mentorship of the enigmatic Professor Ashcroft. Then a letter arrives from a long-lost friend.
What begins as a scholarly pursuit draws Daniel from Dublin into the heart of Catholic power—and toward Iona, where a secret about language, faith, and human pride has waited in silence.
Advance testimony · No. 01
“Michael Morris has written an engaging novel that beautifully unites faith, history, and the search for truth. The First Silence reminds us that authentic faith welcomes honest inquiry and that history, rightly understood, points beyond itself to the God who reveals Himself in Jesus Christ, the fullness of truth.”
Samuel J. Aquila
Archbishop Emeritus of Denver
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