Brick is a masterful narrator, raising the tension in the action
scenes while keeping the listener engaged in the slower historical
segments. -- AudioFile Magazine
In this audiobook, Steve Berry and Macmillan Audio team up again to
bring listeners an expanded, annotated Writer's Cut edition of The
Malta Exchange. This Writer's Cut edition features fascinating
behind-the-scenes commentary read by the author. Critically-acclaimed
and award-winning narrator Scott Brick returns to his role as Cotton
Malone -- eponymous hero of Berry's iconic New York Times bestselling
series -- as he enters a deadly race for the Vatican's oldest secrets.
The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to
begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has
fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th
century and Constantine the Great.
Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como,
Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and
Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could re-write history.
But someone else seems to be after the same letters and, when Malone
obtains then loses them, he's plunged into a hunt that draws the
attention of the legendary Knights of Malta.
The knights have existed for over nine hundred years, the only
warrior-monks to survive into modern times. Now they are a global
humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks trouble -- the
Secreti -- an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal
conclave. With the help of Magellan Billet agent Luke Daniels, Malone
races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the Secreti, and the clock to
find what has been lost for centuries. The final confrontation
culminates behind the walls of the Vatican where the election of the
next pope hangs in the balance.
Praise for Scott Brick as Cotton Malone:
Scott Brick continues to bolster his status as one of the best narrators
of international thrillers with his excellent reading of Berry's
latest...Brick easily negotiates his way through this complex plot, his
confident delivery keeps the suspense high while bringing a solid
reality to a story that often walks a fine line between the believable
and the improbable. -- Publishers Weekly on The Venetian Betrayal
Narrator Scott Brick's smooth voice flows with the twists and turns of
Berry's political thriller...Secrets unravel, and tensions rise as Brick
shifts vocal focus from the historical secret society to contemporary
conspirators who include corrupt politicians and judges. -- AudioFile
Magazine on The Lost Order
