About the book: 2009 / The conclave to elect a successor to the deceased Pope suddenly turns into a nightmare. The mysterious criminal not only kills the cardinals one by one, but also conducts a cruel ancient ritual over its victims. The murder case is being conducted by a very unusual team: doctor of criminology Paola Dikanti and her partners - a police inspector, a superintendent of the Vatican intelligence services and their volunteer assistant - a Catholic priest with a mysterious past and the skills of a secret agent. They understand: something is happening - something strange. The Vatican denies that the murders of cardinals took place at all... To find the killer, Paola and her assistants will have to penetrate the “holy of holies” of the Vatican - a labyrinth of dark secrets, intrigues and conspiracies…