War hero and infamous ladies man General MacKenzie Hawkins is a living legend. His life story has even been sold to Hollywood. But now he stands accused of defacing a historic monument in China s Forbidden City. Under house arrest in Peking with a case against him pending in Washington, this looks like the end of Mac s illustrious career. But he has a plan of his own: kidnap the Pope. What s the ransom? Just one American dollar "for every Catholic in the world." Add to the mix a slew of shady investors, Mac s four persuasive, well-endowed ex-wives, and a young lawyer and fellow soldier who wants nothing more than to return to private life, and readers have in their hands one relentlessly irreverent page-turner.
Praise for Robert Ludlum
Don t ever begin a Robert] Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day. "Chicago Sun-Times"
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Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined. "The New York Times""