The eagerly anticipated new novel by the author of "The Day After Tomorrow". When L.A. entertainment lawyer Harry Addison gets a call that his brother, Vatican priest Father Daniel Addison, has been killed in an explosion in Italy, he rushes to Rome to claim the body. But when he reaches the airport, Harry is picked by Italian police, who tell him that his brother is the prime suspect in the spectacular assassination of a major Vatican cardinal.

In Italy, the Cardinal Vicar of Rome is assassinated during a papal celebration. In Los Angeles, entertainment lawyer Harry Addison receives a desperate message from his long-estranged brother, Father Daniel Addison, a Vatican priest. Hours later a tour bus with Father Daniel aboard explodes on the road to Assisi.
When Harry arrives in Italy to claim his brother's body, he discovers that not only may Father Daniel still be alive, but he is the prime suspect in the murder of the Cardinal Vicar. In a sudden turn, Harry finds himself framed for the murder of an Italian policeman. Now on the...