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The Third Revelation: The Rosary Chronicles (The Rosary Chronicles #1)
An astounding miracle.
Two vicious murders.
A secret that could change the world.
The Rosary Chronicles begin.
Retired CIA operative Vincent Traeger spent years working undercover in Rome. But when the Vaticans Secretary of State is brutally murdered along with a prefect of the Vatican Library, Traeger must not only solve the murders, but fight an unseen enemy and navigat...more
Two vicious murders.
A secret that could change the world.
The Rosary Chronicles begin.
Retired CIA operative Vincent Traeger spent years working undercover in Rome. But when the Vaticans Secretary of State is brutally murdered along with a prefect of the Vatican Library, Traeger must not only solve the murders, but fight an unseen enemy and navigat...more
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
February 24th 2009
by Jove
(first published 2009)
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If you've read and enjoyed anything by Morris West, you will surely find The Third Revelation a wonderfully entertaining novel. Beginning with the first murder of a Cardinal within the Vatican Walls through to the final pages of the book, the reader is taken on an adventure that is both thrilling and more than a bit thought provoking. Ralph McInerny demonstrates his profound sense of good research and ability to weave a story based on solid fact and flights of fanciful conjecture. Taking t...more
This book was probably one of the last of Rakph McInerny's productions, but unfortunately not one of his best. It's got a great theme, and a story line that kept me reading, even though there were so many characters that I got confused, and there were several instances where there were contradictions in the prose.
That aside, this story of conspiracy stems from the Fatima sightings in the early 20th century, and revolves around the supposed hidden secret. There were parts best unders...more
That aside, this story of conspiracy stems from the Fatima sightings in the early 20th century, and revolves around the supposed hidden secret. There were parts best unders...more
McInenry broadens his satirical mystery skills beyond Notre Dame to take on the entire Catholic Church. Plot centers around a stolen document from the archives (third Fatima secret) and an assassin in the Vatican. Think a Catholic version of the Bourne thrillers. (Read at Disneyworld.)
If you enjoy Father Dowling and the Knight brothers at Notre Dame--don't read this book. Exception--if you're Catholic and don't mind Vatican politics you may be able to stay awake for it.
had some embarrassing mistakes, like stating the facts more than once ... the ending was horrible! pointless! though I really like the story itself ... could've been better ,, MUCH better.
I'm not one to stop reading a book halfway through, but I give up. Too much useless verbiage, extra characters, and I don't feel as though the plot has been adequately developed.
It is good to read a novel that does not "diss" Roman Catholicism," and it is a good story, but it gets a little "preachy."
seriously, if i could take stars away i would. this book sucked so, so badly. terrible story, terribly written. just awful.
gave up 1/2-way though. It wasn't worth the confusion and bad editing and bad copy-editing to keep going -- I wasn't sure the payoff would be worth it in the end.
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So far, so good. Very Good Really!
On the one hand, its do Da-Vinci-Code-esque for my taste. On the other, its too apologetic. Seems hastily written and not as grounded in the day-to-day observations and anecdotes that make his Notre Dame series so amusing for me.
Takes for granted that the reader knows alot about the Catholic church and faith
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Ralph Matthew McInerny was an American Catholic religious scholar and fiction writer, including mysteries and science fiction. Some of his fiction has appeared under the pseudonyms of Harry Austin, Matthew FitzRalph, Ernan Mackey, Edward Mackin, and Monica Quill. As a mystery writer he is best known as the creator of Father Dowling. He was Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Jacques Maritain ...more
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