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by Malachi Martin (Author)
In a novel hailed as "one of the most powerful books of the decade" (Florida Times-Union), faith and betrayal, power and conspiracy collide both inside and outside the walls of the Vatican.
The Cold War has ended. With a scope and daring not possible until now, an unlikely international alliance of top-level political, financial, and religious interests sees the way clear at last to its ultimate goal: the establishment of a single global society. Utopia. These are men with nothing in common but immense power and a towering ambition for still more. With world unity and prosperity as their slogan--and with betrayal, scandal, and murder as their ready weapons--they have the means and the will to capture as their own the perfect vessel for their plans: the oldest, wiliest, and most stable political machine in the world. The Vatican. At the vortex of this lethal struggle stands the embattled Pope, a geopolitical genius whose elimination is the short-term solution to a long-term goal, and two American brothers, Paul and Christian Gladstone, one a lawyer and the other a priest, who appear to be the perfect pawns. One falls prey to the sharp teeth of greed for power. The other will become one of the Slavic Pontiff's closest allies . . . and will discover the darkest secrets at the very heart of papal Rome. From America to Europe to Russia, in broad landscapes and clandestine corridors, a rich and varied cast--presidents and politicos, simple saints and savvy sinners, popes and pope-makers--clash with one another amid dramatic and sometimes bloody events that will affect the destiny of every person alive today.Author Biography
Malachi Martin (1921-1999) was an Irish Catholic priest who also wrote many books on the Catholic Church including The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church, Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans, and Keys of This Blood: Pope John Paul II Versus Russia and the West for Control of the New World Order.
Number of Pages: 656
Dimensions: 1.5 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: July 13, 1998
