When Oxford professor John Bryan finds himself the target of an assassination attempt he stumbles onto a plot that threatens to drive a dagger into the heart of the Vatican.
John Bryan And The Prophecy Of The Popes is a heart pounding thriller based around the premonitions of Saint Malachy, a 12th century Irish priest and former Archbishop of Armagh.
In 1139 Malachy travelled to Rome to resolve some administrative matters with the then Pope, Innocent II. It was reported that, while in Rome, Malachy fell into a trance.
During this trance he was said to have experienced a vision of the future which revealed to him the succession of 112 Popes from 1139 to the end of time.
Malachy's prophecies were to have devastating consequences hundreds of years later as factions within the Vatican conspire to bring about a bloody revolution within the Church.