Ian Caldwell Livres

Depuis 1499, des savants tentent de décoder un chef-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance, Le Songe de Poliphile. Écrit en cinq langues, orné de gravures érotiques et violentes, ce texte a résisté à tous les assauts, brisé des destins, des amitiés et des vies. Pourtant, deux étudiants de Princeton osent s'y mesurer et, au fil de messages cachés, découvrent l'histoire d'un prince du Quattrocento et l'existence d'une crypte secrète qui recèle des trésors inouïs. Ils croyaient échapper à la malédiction de cette énigme. Mais pour la défendre, certains sont prêts à mourir, et à tuer. Percez les mystères du plus beau livre de tous les temps. [Source 4e de couv.]

Ian Caldwell returns with a new intellectual thriller that confirms his place among the most ambitious popular storytellers working today, as a lost gospel, a relic, and a dying pope's final wish send two brothers - both Vatican priests - on a quest to untangle Christianity's biggest mystery. 2004. As Pope John Paul II's reign enters its twilight, a mysterious exhibit is under construction at the Vatican Museums. A week before it is scheduled to open, its curator is murdered. The same night, a violent break-in rocks the home of the curator's research partner, Father Alex Andreou, a Greek Catholic priest who lives inside the Vatican with his five-year-old son. When the papal police fail to identify a suspect in either crime, Father Alex, desperate to keep his family safe, undertakes his own investigation. To find the killer he must reconstruct the dead curator's secret. But just as he begins to understand the truth about his friend's death, and its consequences for the future of the world's two largest Christian Churches, Father Alex finds himself hunted down ...

She opens her mouth to scream, but no sound comes out. She clutches at her throat as thick foam flows from her mouth. Her eyes go wide, and she falls to the floor. "Bertha's been murdered, or more correctly, assassinated." With a secret desire to become President of the United States, Senator Ralf Mudbottom calls an emergency meeting of the National Democrat Party's Election Committee, but the evening doesn't quite go to plan. A serial killer is on the loose and as the race for the White House heats up, the murders increase - killing off key people from each campaign. No one is safe. Brothers, Lewis and Shelton Ledbetter, work together to find the killer which proves more difficult than they could have ever imagined. A plot full of twists and intrigue which will keep you guessing right to the last page.