One of the current fads is to tell familiar stories from the point of view of the villain (Wicked and Maleficent both quickly come to mind) and so it is with Risen. In this case, the events surrounding Crucifixion, the Resurrection and the days immediately after are seen through the eyes of Clavius, a Roman Tribune who is Pontius Pilate's right hand man. Clavius, after a particularly tough day, arrives on the scene of the Crucifixion just after Christ dies and verifies that he is dead. He receives the order from Pilate to let Joseph of Arimathea take the body, but he accompanies Joseph and Nicademus to the tomb and helps roll the stone in front of opening. The next day, due to the instance of the Sanhedrin, he seals the tomb with his signet ring and posts guards after verifying that the body is still there. The next day, he is summoned by Pilate because the body is gone. Clavius is put in charge of the manhunt to find the disciples of Christ and retrieve the body. I don't feel like any of this deserves a spoiler alert because every believer who reads this had already figured out this part of the plot and to every non-believer, here's the Gospel in a nutshell: Jesus predicted his death, said he'd rise again on the 3rd day, was crucified, died and was buried. On the 3rd day, he rose again and was seen by dozens of people over the 40 days. He's alive!