When the British prime minister's husband is kidnapped and the French president starts receiving threats, both leaders must face an impossible choice.

When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

When assassins kill the patriarch of London's reigning crime family, rivals in the international underworld go to war over control of the city.