THE SECRET CARDINAL
Book ID/图书代码： 09775008B20447
English Summary/英文概要： Inspired by true events, masterful storyteller Tom Grace delivers his most provocative novel yet. In The Secret Cardinal, ex-Navy SEAL Nolan Kilkenny returns in an adventure that races from the grandeur of the Vatican across the vastness of Asia, ultimately involving China, the Mafia, and the conclave of cardinals that will elect the next pope.
When Kilkenny is invited to Rome to consult on the functioning of the Vatican Library, he is still grieving the death of his wife and son and welcomes the distraction of the seemingly simple assignment. But Pope Leo XIV has a startlingly different task in mind for him. In a private audience, Kilkenny learns of an unreported atrocity committed against the underground Church in China and its link to Yin Daoming, the long-imprisoned Bishop of Shanghai who has served thirty years of a life sentence in a Chinese laogai for refusing to renounce the Church of Rome. The aging pope then reveals the dangerous truth about Bishop Yin, a secret that he has kept for over twenty years. Decades of diplomacy have failed to end China’s persecution of the Catholics loyal to the pope, or to free Bishop Yin. The pope wants Yin free and asks Kilkenny to devise a plan to accomplish this seemingly impossible task.
With help from the U.S. president, American Special Forces, and the C.I.A., he assembles a team of ten men and one woman that will use some of the most advanced weapons, aircraft, and computer technology to execute this extraordinary mission.
Filled with fascinating detail about the history, politics, and people of China and the Roman Catholic Church, and the clever advanced technology and weaponry that have become hallmarks of a Tom Grace novel, The Secret Cardinal charges relentlessly toward an unexpected and unforgettable conclusion.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 源于真实故事的灵感，熟练的叙述者汤姆•格雷斯写下了他至今为止最具有煽动性的一本书。在《神秘的红衣主教》中，前海军诺兰•齐尔肯尼带我们经历了一场大冒险，从宏伟的梵蒂冈到广阔的亚洲，并最终涉及到中国，黑手党，还有红衣主教们关于选举下一任罗马教皇的秘密会议。
当齐尔肯尼被邀请去罗马商议梵蒂冈的藏书室的功能时，他仍然沉浸在失去妻儿的悲痛中，他希望这个看似简单的任务可以使他从悲痛中抽离。但教皇里奥十四世却有个不为人知的惊人任务要交给他。在一次独处时，齐尔肯尼了解到了一次反中国地下教堂的未经报道过的暴行，而这件事牵连到应道明——因为拒绝宣布与罗马教堂分裂而遭到终身监禁的上海主教，他已经在中国监狱中服刑三十年了。年迈的教皇告诉他应主教所处的危险境地，这个秘密已经被保守了二十年了。这几十年来关于要求中国停止迫害天主教徒对于教皇的忠诚以及要求应主教无罪释放的外交交涉都失败了。教皇想要应主教得到释放，他要求齐尔肯尼计划这个看似不可能完成的任务。
在美国总统，美国特种部队，以及美国中央情报局的协助下，他组织了一支十男一女的队伍，他们将会使用一些最先进的武器，航天器，和电脑技术来执行这个非比寻常的任务。
书中充满了关于历史，政治以及中国人民和罗马天主教教廷的引人入胜的细节，而那些智能的高级科技和武器已经成了汤姆•格雷斯小说的标志了，把《神秘的红衣教主》带入了一个意想不到并另人难忘的结局。(YHL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 湯姆•格雷斯在密歇根州出生、長大，而且生活。他研究了密歇根大學學習建築學，在那裡拓展了自己對於細節結構的關注視野。他卓越的技術知識為他建立自己的寫作風格，讓他贏得了極大的讚譽。
湯姆•格雷斯和他的妻子、五個孩子和一條黃色的拉布拉多犬一起生活。他的興趣是建築學和新聞時事；他還喜歡輕便潛水、武術和正在運行的馬拉松。
湯姆的最新小說，《極地探索》發表於2010年12月。
Tom Grace was born, raised, and still lives in Michigan. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan, where he developed his strict eye for detail. His superior knowledge of technology has found its way into his writing and has earned him tremendous acclaim as a result.
Tom Grace lives with his wife, five children and a yellow Labrador. His interests are architecture and current affairs; he also enjoys scuba diving, martial arts and running marathons.
Tom’s latest novel, The Polar Quest, is published in December 2010
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