{"product_id":"windswept-house-9780385492317","title":"Windswept House","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a novel hailed as \"one of the most powerful books of the decade\" (\u003ci\u003eFlorida Times-Union\u003c\/i\u003e), faith and betrayal, power and conspiracy collide both inside and outside the walls of the Vatican.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Cold War has ended. With a scope and daring not possible until now, an unlikely international alliance of top-level political, financial, and religious interests sees the way clear at last to its ultimate goal: the establishment of a single global society. Utopia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are men with nothing in common but immense power and a towering ambition for still more. With world unity and prosperity as their slogan--and with betrayal, scandal, and murder as their ready weapons--they have the means and the will to capture as their own the perfect vessel for their plans: the oldest, wiliest, and most stable political machine in the world. The Vatican. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the vortex of this lethal struggle stands the embattled Pope, a geopolitical genius whose elimination is the short-term solution to a long-term goal, and two American brothers, Paul and Christian Gladstone, one a lawyer and the other a priest, who appear to be the perfect pawns. One falls prey to the sharp teeth of greed for power. The other will become one of the Slavic Pontiff's closest allies . . . and will discover the darkest secrets at the very heart of papal Rome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom America to Europe to Russia, in broad landscapes and clandestine corridors, a rich and varied cast--presidents and politicos, simple saints and savvy sinners, popes and pope-makers--clash with one another amid dramatic and sometimes bloody events that will affect the destiny of every person alive today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385492317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d","brand":"Malachi Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52982952722613,"sku":"9780385492317","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780385492317.jpg?v=1787062408","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/windswept-house-9780385492317","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}