The best-selling author of Enigma and Fatherland turns to today\'s Vatican in a ripped-from-the-headlines novel, and gives us his most ambitious, page-turning thriller yet--where the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men.
From the Hardcover edition..
Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on Earth.
And they have rivals.
But they have ambition.
They are holy men.
Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world\'s most secretive election.
The pope is dead.
The best-selling author of Enigma and Fatherland turns to today\'s Vatican in a ripped-from-the-headlines novel, and gives us his most ambitious, page-turning thriller yet--where the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men
