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The Order (Gabriel Allon, Bk 20)
The Order - Gabriel Allon, Bk 20
Author: Daniel Silva
A riveting 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 ...  more »

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.
ISBN-13: 9780062835314
ISBN-10: 0062835319
Publication Date: 7/14/2020
Pages: 496
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  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Harper
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 9
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So this was what, I had to go back and count, Silva's 23rd in the series that has long been way up there on my list of favorites. I have read them all and loved them, some more than others, but only one in the prior 22 earned less than 4 stars though that one was clearly a 3. That's why I was a bit disappointed at first to find as I read through the first 100 or so pages of The Order this one was quite atypical, not a fast-moving action thriller as I had come to expect. Still, as I read on I was quite enthralled by Allon's rather in-depth discussion of the history of the Catholic Church as it relates to the actual events in the life of Jesus as most scholars believe them to have been. Although the views he set forth have undoubtedly angered the more devout believers in the Catholic faith, I myself felt they are quite accurate. And in the end, I quite enjoyed the surprises and give a solid 3-star rating.
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