The Pope is dead ... ...felled by simple old age or so they said...but unbeknownst to the wider world was the true reason...murder by nefarious hands And so the gargantuan machine that is the Catholic Church grinds into action to elect the successor...but the choice and method causes shock and consternation throughout the world. Elsewhere four chosen ones travel from far-flung corners of Italy to converge on the great walls of the Vatican City. Their destiny is to thwart a new threat but will they succeed against a surprising foe and at what cost to themselves and others?...