The
Order: A Novel (Gabriel Allon)
by Daniel Silva
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From
Daniel Silva, the internationally acclaimed #1 New York Times–bestselling
author, comes a riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy
Gabriel Allon.
It was nearly one a.m. by the
time he crawled into bed. Chiara was reading a novel, oblivious to the
television, which was muted. On the screen was a live shot of St. Peter’s
Basilica. Gabriel raised the volume and learned that an old friend had died …
Gabriel Allon has slipped
quietly into Venice for a much-needed holiday with his wife and two young
children. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel is summoned to Rome by
the Holy Father’s loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati. A billion
Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a heart attack. Donati,
however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was murdered. The Swiss
Guard who was standing watch outside the papal apartments the night of the
pope’s death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father was writing
during the final hours of his life. A letter that was addressed to Gabriel.
While researching in the
Vatican Secret Archives, I came upon a most remarkable book …
The book is a long-suppressed
gospel that calls into question the accuracy of the New Testament’s 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 it out of Gabriel’s hands.
A shadowy Catholic society with ties to the European far right, the Order is
plotting to seize control of the papacy. And it is only the beginning.
As the cardinals gather in Rome
for the start of the conclave, Gabriel sets out on a desperate search for proof
of the Order’s conspiracy, and for a long-lost gospel 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 in Assisi, to the hidden depths of
the Secret Archives, and finally to the Sistine Chapel, where he will witness
an event no outsider has ever before seen—the sacred passing of the Keys of St.
Peter to a newly elected pope.
Swiftly paced and elegantly
rendered, The Order will hold readers spellbound, from its opening passages to
its breathtaking final twist of plot. It is a novel of friendship and faith in
a perilous and uncertain world. And it is still more proof that Daniel Silva is
his generation’s finest writer of suspense and international intrigue.
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