★ 《紐約時報》暢銷書作家、《聖殿騎士遺產》作者史帝夫．貝利精采鉅著

梵蒂岡內幕驚世、引人爭議、爆炸性十足

第一祕密是有關地獄
第二祕密則是關於二次大戰與蘇聯共產黨
第三個祕密則機密封存 遲遲未被披露……

《第三祕密》是暢銷作家史帝夫．貝利最受讀者好評的一本，作者進入德國及梵蒂岡做深度查證，以輕快的步調及爆炸性的情節，發展出這部跨國驚悚傑作。本書挑戰西方宗教裡最具爭議性的課題，並揭開教宗選舉的勾心鬥角，以梵蒂岡為中心的懸疑驚悚一觸即發……

1917年，葡萄牙的法蒂瑪村，聖母馬利亞現身顯靈，透露了三個祕密。其中兩個天機已揭露，第三個卻被鎖進梵蒂岡，只准教宗過目，一直到2000年才公開。

故事開始，梵蒂岡的米契納神父為教宗克勉十五世正擔心，因為他夜復一夜進入戒備森嚴的特藏室，查看教廷最祕密、最具爭議性的文件……上次教宗選舉，瓦倫德瑞亞以幾票之差敗給克勉，現在仍汲汲於謀求寶座。

而今，第三祕密的揭發是否會扭轉大選局面？


Explosive in both its pace and its revelations, The Third Secret is a remarkable international thriller. Bestselling author Steve Berry tackles some of the most controversial ideas of our time in a breakneck journey through the history of the Church and the future of religion.

Fatima, Portugal, 1917: The Virgin Mary appears to three peasant children, sharing with them three secrets, two of which are soon revealed to the world. The third secret is sealed away in the Vatican, read only by popes, and not disclosed until the year 2000. When revealed, its quizzical tone and anticlimactic nature leave many faithful wondering if the Church has truly unveiled all of the Virgin Mary’s words–or if a message far more important has been left in the shadows.

Vatican City, present day: Papal secretary Father Colin Michener is concerned for the Pope. Night after restless night, Pope Clement XV enters the Vatican’s Riserva, the special archive open only to popes, where the Church’s most clandestine and controversial documents are stored. Though unsure of the details, Michener knows that the Pope’s distress stems from the revelations of Fatima.

Equally concerned, but not out of any sense of compassion, is Alberto Cardinal Valendrea, the Vatican’s Secretary of State,. Valendrea desperately covets the papacy, having narrowly lost out to Clement at the last conclave. Now the Pope’s interest in Fatima threatens to uncover a shocking ancient truth that Valendrea has kept to himself for many years.

When Pope Clement sends Michener to the Romanian highlands, then to a Bosnian holy site, in search of a priest–possibly one of the last people on Earth who knows Mary’s true message–a perilous set of events unfolds. Michener finds himself embroiled in murder, suspicion, suicide, deceit, and his forbidden passion for a beloved woman. In a desperate search for answers, he travels to Pope Clement’s birthplace in Germany, where he learns that the third secret of Fatima may dictate the very fate of the Church–a fate now lying in Michener’s own hands.