St. Malachy's Prophecy — Page Morgan

This is a well researched and historically accurate novel set in Italy at the height of the sixteenth century Renaissance. It revolves around the still disputed prophecies of the Irish St. Malachy who described the final 112 popes to reign until the last one early in the second millennium. (Pope John Paul II is number 110.) It is a riveting tale of two charismatic men who find themselves the unwilling custodians of a saint's writings, those who seek them at all cost, and how the prophecy may have caused a disastrous papal conclave. It is a story of war, revenge, greed, illicit love and adventure.