"The result is a thriller that intrigues and provides historical context.
With his wife, Elizabeth, he is the founder of History Mat.
He has 25 million books in print, translated into 40 languages.
About the Author: STEVE Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of fifteen Cotton Malone novels, four stand alones, and several works of short fiction.
The final confrontation culminates behind the walls of the Vatican where the election of the next pope hangs in the balance.
With the help of Magellan Billet agent Luke Daniels, Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the Secreti, and the clock to find what has been lost for centuries.
Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks trouble -- the Secreti -- an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave.
The knights have existed for over nine hundred years, the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times.
But someone else seems to be after the same letters and, when Malone obtains then loses them, he\'s plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta.
Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could re-write history.
Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great.
A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin.
The pope is dead.
A deadly race for the Vatican\'s oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berry\'s latest international Cotton Malone thriller.
Berry is the master scientist with a perfect formula." -- Associated Press One of USA Today\'s "Five Books Not to Miss "The next in New York Times top 5 bestseller Steve Berry\'s Cotton Malone series involves the Knights of Malta, papal conclave, and lost documents that could change history. "The result is a thriller that intrigues and provides historical context
