The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 180 cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth. An absolute page-turner - by the bestselling author of "Fatherland", "An Officer and a Spy" and "Dictator".