Order, CD/Spoken Word by Silva, Daniel; Guidall, George (NRT), ISBN 0062835262, ISBN-13 9780062835260, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

<p><strong>From Daniel Silva, the internationally acclaimed #1 New York Times&#8211;bestselling author, comes a riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.</strong></p><p><em>It was nearly one . 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&#8217;s Basilica. Gabriel raised the volume and learned that an old friend had died &#8230;</em></p><p>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&#8217;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&#8217;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.</p><p><em>While researching in the Vatican Secret Archives, I came upon a most remarkabl &#8230;</em></p><p>Th is a long-suppressed gospel that calls into question the accuracy of the New Testament&#8217;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&#8217;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.</p><p>As the cardinals gather in Rome for the start of the conclave, Gabriel sets out on a desperate search for proof of the Order&#8217;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&#8212;the sacred passing of the Keys of St. Peter to a newly elected pope.</p><p>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&#8217;s finest writer of suspense and international intrigue.&#160;</p>