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Steve Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cotton Malone novels (The Bishop's Pawn, The Malta Exchange), among other books, and several works of short fiction. He has 25 million books in print, translated into 40 languages. With his wife, Elizabeth, he is the founder of History Matters, which is dedicated to historical preservation. He serves as an emeritus member of the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board and was a founding member of International Thriller Writers, formerly serving as its co-president.
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With all that's happened in Rome over the past few weeks, how timely is your
new novel, The Third Secret?
Benedict XVI is now pope. In The Third Secret my pope is named Clement XV.
Both men are German, in their seventies, a product of the Vatican (having held
high office in the curia), elected quickly after a long pontificate as a
transitional pope, who face monumental issues of great importance to the Church.
I'd say the similarities are remarkable.
And the plot, is it likewise timely?
All of the hot button issues that have been widely discussed over the past
few weeks concerning the Church in the modern world and the challenges the new
pope will face are in The Third Secret, along with a shocking revelation that
literally changes everything.
The prophecies of St. Malachy figure prominently into the plot. Are these as
accurate as you make them in the novel?
Absolutely, and Malachy himself is not all that well known. He was an obscure
Irish bishop who, in 1139, visited Rome and experienced a vision of the future,
a long list of men who would one day rule the Church. He committed his vision to
parchment and presented the manuscript to Pope Innocent II, tagging each of his
future ...
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