Gabriella Raphael and Italian Carabinieri Captain Lucas di Angelo encounter strange chimeras such as griffins and ape-human hybrids at ancient ruins and ancient churches in Rome, Italy. Are these creatures being bred at laboratories by an ancient society that aims to control the world? With murderers on their trail, Gabriella and Luke and their Vatican associates race through Rome from the Roman Forum to basilicas to ancient Pompeii and Etruscan Cerveteri seeking to solve the mystery of the peculiar creatures. In France they find a giant human-like being. Did evil enter humanity through cross breeding between humans and demons giving rise to an evil gene that plagues humanity to this day? Violence and destruction lurk amidst the tranquility and beauty of Rome. Will an attempt to murder the Pope succeed and bring the evil ancient society to power in the Church? Are chimeras and hybrids good or evil? This fiction novel raises important ethical and scientific issues as science moves toward being able to create the creatures of fantasy and possibly to even clone human beings. Humanity must choose what to ethically allow and what to regulate. The Chimera Deception urges the reader to think about these major issues. At the same time, it is a thrilling fiction story with fast paced action and intriguing characters whom readers will love!