A wickedly funny Robert Ludlum you've never met  before. All the explosive paving of The  Bourne Identity, the Byzantine treachery  of The Parsifal Mosaic, the  relentless action of The Bourne  Ultimatum. The Principal Cast: General Mackenzie  Hawkings, legend, hero, rogue. Sam Devereaux, bright  young lawyer from Harvard, now in the army, can't  wait to get out. General Hawken's four ex-wives,  a quartet of incredibly endowed women who've  formed a club: Hawkin's Harem. The Premise: Kidnap  Pope Francesco I, the most beloved pontiff since  John XX III. Ransom: One  American dollar for every Catholic in the world. The  Problem: Pope Francesco I says: "Gentle  souls, why not?"

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