One hundred and eighteen cardinals will gather behind locked doors of the Sistine Chapel for the world's most secret election. These are all holy men; but they are men, and not immune to temptations of power and ambition. This is a thriller packed with ambition, sexual scandal, corruption and terrorism. If that's not enough, one final surprise at the end.
This is now a major motion picture currently at theatres that I plan to see, but I wanted to read the book first. I really enjoyed it. There are quite a few characters to juggle, but as the book goes on it gets easier to distinguish them. Although this is fiction, the book really sheds some light on the fact that these cardinals are human like all other men. They have flaws, inner turmoil, questions, doubts.
I am looking forward to seeing the movie to see how it compares.
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