The Malta Exchange Av Steve Berry

<p><b>The pulse-pounding new thriller featuring Cotton Malone. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Sam Bourne and Scott Mariani. </b><br><br>The pope is dead. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican to select his replacement, but one has fled for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great.<br><br>Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone is in Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that could re-write history. But someone else is after the same letters and, when Malone obtains and then loses them, he''s plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta.<br><br>The knights are the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times. Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks the <i>Secreti</i> - an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave. Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the <i>Secreti</i>