The Mithras Conspiracy

Rome is in chaos. Earthquakes shake the city. The pope is in a coma. And a Vatican scholar has been found dead in the Tiber. Detective Marco Leone is about to take a sabbatical when his estranged friendùcharged with organizing the VaticanÆs secret archivesùis murdered. Leone stays to investigate, but the killing is just the first in a series of ritual assassinations and attacks on specific churchesùall of which were built over ancient chapels of the Roman god Mithras. LeoneÆs research leads him to two American scholars who have uncovered a pair of scrolls that, if authentic, could rewrite history. While attempting to unravel the parchmentsÆ mysteries, they are drawn into a bitter feud between a scheming cardinal and a charismatic tycoon, Lucio Piso, himself bewitched by the cult of Mithras. As the deaths pile up, Leone begins to wonder if Piso is involved, and if his obsession feeds larger personal and political goals. Could the cult of a long-forgotten god topple the Italian government and bring the Church to its knees? In the tradition of The Da Vinci Code comes a thriller that dives beneath the veneer of a powerful ancient institution to explore the crumbling ruinsùand the shocking secretsùthat lie within.

• | Author: M. J. Polelle
• | Publisher: Lido Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 29, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 331 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0960086307
• | ISBN-13: 9780960086306