A wickedly funny Robert Ludlum you've never met before. All the explosive pacing of The Bourne Identity, the Byzantine treachery of The Pasifal Mosaic, the relentless action of The Bourne Ultimatum.

THE PRINCIPAL CAST: General MacKenzie Hawkins, legend, hero, rogue. Sam Deveraux, bright young lawyer from Harvard, now in the army, can't wait to get out. General Hawkins' four ex-wives, a quartet of incredibly endowed ladies who've formed a club: Hawkin's Harem.

THE PREMISE: Kidnap Pope Francesco I, the most beloved pontiff since John XXIII.

RANSOM: One American dollar for every Catholic in the world.

THE PROBLEM: Pope Francesco I says, "Gentle souls, why not?"

*** SUSPENSE ***