"A superior novel, intricately worked out at several levels of human and spiritual quest . . . beautiful and impassioned."--"Commonweal"
"A reading experience of real emotional intensity."--"The New York Times"
"A unique cloak-and-dagger drama of the human soul."--"Saturday Review"
"The De[...]

What would happen if the members of the Roman Curia discovered that the Pope was about to publicly state that he had received a private revelation that the world was about to end? Pope Gregory XVII claims to have received a private revelation of the end of the world-an apocalypse coming not in some [...]

The Pope has died, and the corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as cardinals from all over the world gather to choose his successor. Suddenly, the election is concluded with a surprise result. The new Pope is the youngest cardinal of all-and a Russian. Shoes of the Fisherman slowly unravels th[...]