Cal Donovan is back in Rome during Christmas holidays from
his teaching job at Harvard. He's enjoying his special
privilege of unlimited access to the Vatican Library and
Archives, researching for his next paper. As he's deeply
engaged in a document, he comes across an interesting letter
and follows its trail. It seems that in 1848 when the Papal
States were under attack by revolutionaries, the Vatican
borrowed a very large sum of money from the Sassoon Bank.
The terms and circumstances all sound a bit shady. Cal
continues to research this event but cannot find any
evidence that the loan was ever paid back.
Knowing that Pope Celestine VI is concerned with the current
financial situation of the Vatican, and Catholic Church in
general, Cal pays him a visit. Yes, Cal has that special
privilege too, as he and the Pope have developed a very
special friendship. Pope Celestine is extremely concerned
about this debt, and the mysterious occurrences surrounding
it; so, he asks Cal to further research this loan. That
research takes Cal back to New York City and almost gets him
killed. Bodies are dropping all around him. Can he get to
the bottom of this debt for the Pope and stay alive to
return to Boston and his safe teaching job at Harvard?
THE DEBT is Glenn Cooper's third book in his A Cal
Donovan Thriller series. Cal is a delightful, self-
motivated character with many talents and interests. THE
DEBT is a fast-paced religious conspiracy thriller that will
have you on the edge of your seat and keep you there. Mr.
Cooper employs the use of intermittent flashbacks to tell
the back story of the ancient loan and the events that
surrounded its origin and history. There is plenty of
suspense, globe-trotting, blackmail, sabotage and even a
little splash of romance in this dynamic thriller. You'll
meet new characters, get reacquainted with old ones and
learn some important lessons about the true business of the
church ... altruism. This book can be read as a stand-alone,
but you really don't want to miss the others in this series.
An ancient loan made by Pope Pius VIII wreaks havoc in the present… The new religious conspiracy thriller featuring Cal Donovan. While browsing the Vatican libraries, Harvard professor Cal Donovan uncovers a secret that could bankrupt the Catholic church. Unearthing evidence of a 200-year-old loan which the Vatican owes to a Jewish bank, Cal deduces that, with centuries of interest behind it, the sum now amounts to a crippling 25 billion Euros. With the future of the Vatican at stake, Pope Celestine asks Cal to intercede with the Sassoon family to whom the sum is owed. Thus Cal finds himself drawn into the tangled affairs of the wealthy yet dysfunctional Sassoons. With eye-watering sums of money involved and the Vatican facing bankruptcy, everyone has their own agenda. Who can be trusted? If Cal isn’t careful, he’ll find more than his own life in danger…
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