Following the death of the Pope; 120 Cardinals gather in the Vatican in order to decide who will be elected one of the most powerful men in the world. Gripping and explosive; this is a contemporary conspiracy thriller about the corrupting nature of ambition; from the acclaimed author of DICTATOR and AN OFFICER AND A SPY. The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel; one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.