the third secret

By Steve Berry

Set in the near future, Secret introduces Jakob Volkner--Pope Clement XV--a German "caretaker pope" who, nearing the age of 80, was elected as John Paul II's successor. But three years into his papacy, the thoughtful Clement has begun to quietly express skepticism about papal infallibility and the Church's restrictive dogma, and to make odd requests of his longtime secretary, Monsignor Colin Michener, an Irish-born but American-reared priest whose vows of celibacy have been tested--and found wanting.

Clement has also made repeated visits to a guarded sanctum within the Vatican archives, where sacred and historic documents are stored. And he's dispatched Michener to Romania to locate an elderly cleric who, in the 1950s, translated three cryptic prophecies, purportedly offered by the Virgin Mary in 1917 to a trio of children in Fatima, Portugal. Those secrets have since been fully disclosed to the world. Or have they?

That’s the question facing Michener in the wake of Clement's shocking suicide, as he pursues a twisted trail of clues, crimes, and religious forecasts from Rome to Bosnia to Germany, accompanied by his former lover, journalist Katerina Lew. But making any additional secrets known to the world will put Michener in confrontation with doctrinal reactionaries, led by Cardinal Alberto Valendrea, the Vatican's Italian secretary of state, who's determined to follow Clement as the Vicar of Christ--even if that requires inventing a few new sins and flouting a 900-year-old prediction of doom for the next pope.
(From Amazon.com)

Seperlima bagian awal buku ini menarik, tapi habis itu ngga seru banget hehehehe walaupun akhirnya setelah dipaksa gue bisa nyelesain ceritanya. Mungkin sih menurut gue the Third Secret nya kurang bombastis dibanding let say ternyata Maria Magdalena itu ternyata pernah menikah dengan Yesus (tau dong buku apa ituh..hehehehe). Mungkin kalau fenomena penampakan dibahas lebih dalam, bakalan lebih asyik lagi, karena topik ini juga menarik banget

Tapi gue ternyata masih mau kasih satu kesempatan ama Steve Berry, gue lagi nunggu edisi paperback nya satu buku baru dia, judulnya The Templar Legacy. Kalau yang ini jelek juga, yah...lain kali daripada beli, gue minjem ajah deh buku karangan dia :p