Order : A Novel

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#1 New York Times Bestseller#1Wall Street JournalBestseller FromDaniel Silva, the internationally acclaimed #1 New York Timesbestsellingauthor, comes a riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy GabrielAllon.It was nearly one a.m. by the timehe crawled into bed. Chiara was reading a novel, oblivious to the television,which was muted. On the screen was a live shot of St. Peters Basilica. Gabrielraised the volume and learned that an old friend had died GabrielAllon has slipped quietly into Venice for a much-needed holiday with his wifeand two young children. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel issummoned to Rome by the Holy Fathers loyal private secretary, Archbishop LuigiDonati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of aheart attack. Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master wasmurdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch outside the papal apartments thenight of the popes death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Fatherwas writing during the final hours of his life. A letter that was addressed toGabriel.While researching in the VaticanSecret Archives, I came upon a most remarkable book Thebook is a long-suppressed gospel that calls into question the accuracy of the NewTestaments depiction of one of the most portentous events in human history.For that reason alone, the Order of St. Helena will stop at nothing to keep itout of Gabriels hands. A shadowy Catholic society with ties to the Europeanfar right, the Order is plotting to seize control of the papacy. And it is onlythe beginning.As thecardinals gather in Rome for the start of the conclave, Gabriel sets out on adesperate search for proof of the Orders conspiracy, and for a long-lostgospel with the power to put an end to two thousand years of murderous hatred.His quest will take him from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, to a monastery inAssisi, to the hidden depths of the Secret Archives, and finally to the SistineChapel, where he will witness an event no outsider has ever before seenthesacred passing of the Keys of St. Peter to a newly elected pope.Swiftlypaced and elegantly rendered, The Order will hold readers spellbound, from itsopening passages to its breathtaking final twist of plot. It is a novel offriendship and faith in a perilous and uncertain world. And it is still moreproof that Daniel Silva is his generations finest writer of suspense andinternational intrigue.