The #1 Indie Next Pick and instant, long-running New York Times bestseller from Ian Caldwell, coauthor of the international sensation The Rule of Four: The Fifth Gospel is a masterful intellectual thriller that “will change the way you look at organized religion, humanity, and perhaps yourself” (David Baldacci). It's a great book too set mostly in Vatican City, where protagonist Alex has lived all his life. Ian Caldwell did an excellent job of developing a story that takes the reader into the inner workings of the Catholic Church, its politics and how it exists as a country of its own. I should add that I was a religion major at college and looked at becoming a minister, thus why this book was such catnip. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. The curator is murdered at a clandestine meeting on the outskirts of Rome a week before it opens. The author is skillful enough to make most readers forget that his book is fiction.I love a good mystery but not so mysterious where I have no idea what the hell is going on. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Interesting detail about the smallest country in the world.If you described this as a murder mystery set in the Vatican, you'd be right: Ugo Nogara, curator of a new exhibit that's to be mounted at the Vatican focusing on the Shroud of Turin and the Diatessaron (a genuine, extant second-century attempt to marry the four gospels into a single account), is found shot dead at a papal property outside the city, and our narrator, Eastern Catholic priest Alex Andreou, attempts to solve the murder, whose circumstances appear to implicate his beloved elder brotIf you described this as a murder mystery set in the Vatican, you'd be right: Ugo Nogara, curator of a new exhibit that's to be mounted at the Vatican focusing on the Shroud of Turin and the Diatessaron (a genuine, extant second-century attempt to marry the four gospels into a single account), is found shot dead at a papal property outside the city, and our narrator, Eastern Catholic priest Alex Andreou, attempts to solve the murder, whose circumstances appear to implicate his beloved elder brother, Simon (who's a Roman, as opposed to Eastern, Catholic).A decent follow up to the Rule of Four, Caldwell's new book focuses on the Shroud of Turin and an accompanying manuscript that sheds light on the Shroud. (I love it when I can learn historical facts while reading a novel.) As a Follower of the Way I have helped research the Gospels, their writers, and the many lies and heresies by which Rome has insinuated its way into overall lordship of the church. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. This book was weird for me.
Compelling in its own right certainly, but maybe it's just more interesting to read about the day to day life in such a bewilderingly different locale or about the mysteries within the pages of The Good Book and its implications, working out the logistical puzzles of where theology and history blur together. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.Terrorists are harvesting vast amounts of gold from sea water. I've made it a rule never to buy any books on Kindle that include a promo blurb in the title (eg: 'The Rose - the most romantic beach reading of the year') because invariably they're utter rubbish. Call on his ex-Delta teammates. This complex plot is a masterpiece. This book reminded me why I loved Angels & Demons so deeply. I went to Catholic schools for many years, went to church every morning forma few of them, had numerous religious classes and yet this book taught me things about Catholicism that I didn't know. I never covered the Vatican as a reporter. Although it's a fun "religious thriller" in the tradition of Dan Brown and, as such, full of interesting facts and speculations (and some scriptural education thrown in for good measure), one component rang untrue for me--the character of Father Alex's young son, Peter. I wish I had read it before visiting the Vatican and St. Peters a few years back. But there are secrets, conspiracies, and twists galore. But in between all that, I either struggled to follow the plot, or was too bored to make an effort to really concentrate.Til now, I'm not exactly sure who was threatening Alex and why. When the papal police fail to identify a suspect in either crime, Father Alex decides that to find the killer he must reconstruct the secret of what a little-known, true-to-life fifth gospel known as the Diatessaron reveals about the church’s most controversial holy relic. There is not a shred of evidence supporting the claim that the Apostle Peter ever arrived in Rome, and he certainly wasn't crucified there, The bones beneath the Basilica are not those of the Saint.
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