{"product_id":"2940169283679","title":"The Malta Exchange: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this audiobook, Steve Berry and Macmillan Audio team up again to bring listeners an expanded, annotated Writer's Cut edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Malta Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Writer's Cut edition features\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003efascinating \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebehind-the-scenes commentary read by the author. Critically-acclaimed and award-winning narrator Scott Brick returns to his role as\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Cotton Malone amp;mdash; eponymous hero of Berry's iconic\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series amp;mdash; as he enters a deadly race for the Vatican's oldest secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pope is dead.  A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin.  Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could re-write history.  But someone else seems to be after the same letters and, when Malone obtains then loses them, he's plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe knights have existed for over nine hundred years, the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times.  Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks trouble amp;mdash; the \u003ci\u003eSecreti\u003c\/i\u003e amp;mdash; an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave.  With the help of Magellan Billet agent Luke Daniels, Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the \u003ci\u003eSecreti\u003c\/i\u003e, and the clock to find what has been lost for centuries.  The final confrontation culminates behind the walls of the Vatican where the election of the next pope hangs in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114207002864,"sku":"2940169283679","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169283679_p0.jpg?v=1763678144","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169283679","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}