{"product_id":"the-order-a-novel","title":"The Order: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e• \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/em\u003eBestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom\u003cp\u003eDaniel Silva, the internationally acclaimed #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eauthor, comes a riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt was nearly one a.m. by the time\u003cp\u003ehe crawled into bed. Chiara was reading a novel, oblivious to the television,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewhich was muted. On the screen was a live shot of St. Peter’s Basilica. Gabriel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eraised the volume and learned that an old friend had died …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllon has slipped quietly into Venice for a much-needed holiday with his wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand two young children. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esummoned to Rome by the Holy Father’s loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheart attack. Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emurdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch outside the papal apartments the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enight of the pope’s death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas writing during the final hours of his life. A letter that was addressed to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile researching in the Vatican\u003cp\u003eSecret Archives, I came upon a most remarkable book …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebook is a long-suppressed gospel that calls into question the accuracy of the New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTestament’s depiction of one of the most portentous events in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor that reason alone, the Order of St. Helena will stop at nothing to keep it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eout of Gabriel’s hands. A shadowy Catholic society with ties to the European\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efar right, the Order is plotting to seize control of the papacy. And it is only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecardinals gather in Rome for the start of the conclave, Gabriel sets out on a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edesperate search for proof of the Order’s conspiracy, and for a long-lost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egospel with the power to put an end to two thousand years of murderous hatred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis quest will take him from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, to a monastery in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssisi, to the hidden depths of the Secret Archives, and finally to the Sistine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapel, where he will witness an event no outsider has ever before seen—the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esacred passing of the Keys of St. Peter to a newly elected pope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwiftly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epaced and elegantly rendered, The Order will hold readers spellbound, from its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopening passages to its breathtaking final twist of plot. It is a novel of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efriendship and faith in a perilous and uncertain world. And it is still more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eproof that Daniel Silva is his generation’s finest writer of suspense and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einternational intrigue. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Silva","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market Paperback","offer_id":55251042926883,"sku":"9780062835086","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55251042959651,"sku":"9780062943675","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":55251042992419,"sku":"9780062834843","price":23.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780062834843.jpg?v=1781799674","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/the-order-a-novel","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}