Malta Exchange -- Steve Berry

<p><b>The result is a thriller that intrigues and provides historical context. Berry is the master scientist with a perfect formula. </b>--<b> Associated Press</b> <p/><b>One of <i>USA Today</i>'s Five Books Not to Miss <p/>A deadly race for the Vatican's oldest secret fuels <i>New York Times</i> bestseller Steve Berry's latest international Cotton Malone thriller. </b> <p/>The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great. <p/>Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could re-write history. But someone else seems to be after the same letters and, when Malone obtains then loses them, he's plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta. <p/>The knights have existed for over nine hundred years, the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times. Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks trouble -- the <i>Secreti</i> -- an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave. With the help of Magellan Billet agent Luke Daniels, Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the <i>Secreti</i>, and the clock to find what has been lost for centuries. The final confrontation cu