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The fifth gospel : a novel / Ian Caldwell.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451694147 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 431 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Map on lining papers. |
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| Genre: | Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Caldw | 31681002498830 | FICTION | Checked out | 11/26/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
A follow-up to the New York Times best-seller The Rule of Four finds a lost gospel, a contentious relic and a dying pope's final wish sending two Vatican priest brothers on a dangerous intellectual quest to untangle Christianity's greatest historical mystery. - Baker & Taylor
"From Ian Caldwell, coauthor of the international sensation The Rule of Four. 49 weeks on the NYT list, nearly 2 million copies sold, translated into 35 languages comes a masterful intellectual thriller set inside the Vatican that is ten years in the making and on par with classic bestsellers like The Secret History and The Name of the Rose"-- - Baker & Taylor
When a break-in at the home of Father Alex Andreou coincides with the murder of his research partner, Andreou works to discover the truth of his partner's secret research into the Gospels, while being hunted by someone with an interest in the results. - Simon and Schuster
Instant New York Times Bestseller
'masterful...The Fifth Gospel is that rare story: erudite and a page-turner, literary but compulsively readable. It will change the way you look at organized religion, humanity, and perhaps yourself.' 'David Baldacci
'A gripping thriller rich with human drama and forbidden knowledge.' 'Lev Grossman
A lost gospel, a contentious relic, and a dying pope's final wish converge to send two brothers'both Vatican priests'on an intellectual quest to untangle Christianity's greatest historical mystery.
Ten years ago, Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason's The Rule of Four became a literary phenomenon that sold nearly two million copies in North America and was hailed by critics as 'ingenious'profoundly erudite' (The New York Times), 'compulsively readable' (People), and 'an exceptional piece of scholarship' (San Francisco Chronicle). Now, after a decade of painstaking primary research, Ian Caldwell returns with a masterful new thriller that confirms his place among the most ambitious popular storytellers working today.
In 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 at a clandestine meeting on the outskirts of Rome. That 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: what the four Christian gospels'and a little-known, true-to-life fifth gospel known as the Diatessaron'reveal about the Church's most controversial holy relic. 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 by someone with a vested stake in the exhibit'someone he must outwit to survive.
At once a riveting intellectual thriller, a feast of biblical history and scholarship, and a moving family drama, The Fifth Gospel is 'a story of sacrifice, forgiveness, and redemption. Peppered with references to real-life people, places, and events, the narrative rings true, taking the reader on an emotional journey nearly two thousand years in the making' (Library Journal, starred review).
