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Stefan Vucak

Serious readers will drop this lame book after the first 50 pages!

Reviewed in Australia on 11 June 2022

Marduk, the self-proclaimed monarch of the ancient Babylonian sect, the Amori, is determined to destroy the Vatican and Christianity, exposing it as a lie. Rising from the resulting chaos, the Amori would rule the world. To achieve his goal, he organizes a team to steal the ‘Book of Secrets’ hidden inside the Vatican’s Secret Archives. Joe Mason and Roxy Banks, haunted by their past, are given a job to protect Professor Pierce Rusk and his daughter Sally for seven days while they’re engaged on a research project inside the Archives. While there, they encounter Marduk’s thief and Professor Rusk is killed. Bent on avenging her father, accompanied by Joe and Roxy, they embark on an action-packed search for Marduk’s New Babylon in an attempt to retrieve the ‘Book of Secrets’ and prevent destruction of Christianity.

Marduk is revealed as a megalomaniac within the first two pages of ‘The Vatican Secret’, and his team of thieves exaggerated caricatures who lack any credibility. Joe Mason and Roxy Banks carry so much psychological baggage from their past lives, it is a wonder they are able to function at all. In a totally incredulous attempt to retrieve the ‘Book of Secrets’, Sally Rusk manages to easily decipher five clues left in five famous churches that would reveal location of Marduk’s New Babylon. Always one step ahead of Marduk’s assassins, ‘The Vatican Secret’ is filled with car chases, lots of physical action, gunfights, and miraculous escapes. Finally, Joe Mason’s ragtag team confronts Marduk in a climax that will leave readers shaking their heads, relieved they managed to reach the last page of this totally fanciful work that should never have survived the slush pile. The book’s plot has more holes than a kitchen sieve, but David Leadbeater hopes this will not be noticed as each new page thrusts the reader into a new round of totally unreal action sequences. ‘The Vatican Secret’ is a great read for those simply interested in wild chases and gunfights, unencumbered by detailed plotting, characterization, and a believable story. A thoroughly disappointing book from David Leadbeater.

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Elena

Spoiler Alert

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2022

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This all started out so well. Liked the Characters, fast paced, good read..then it gets spoiled by the usual drivel, the Church hiding that they found the body of Christ. I love a good mystery attached to the Church but really! It's becoming old hat, a different take would be great, what if someone actually wrote pro Christianity, it would be much more novel (pun intended).

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Oldenuff2nobetta

Very disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2022

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The story commits one of the biggest faux pas I have come across when an APACHE HELICOPTER somehow carries 5 passengers
on their journey into Iraq. Even the SAS cannot manage that since the APACHE ONLY carries 2 pilots and NO passengers!!!

The rest of the book was not only far fetched but incredibly boring, reading all the religious facts and figures which were doled out
in large amounts.
Sorry, not for me.

Hamish reid

Poor illogical story with too much irrelevant fighting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 July 2022

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Poor characters and fanciful storyline
Poor quality writing with few if any clever twists. Bad hyped up but boring storyline with no suspense

Ana Maria Rivera Casco

Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United States on 11 April 2022

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The plot and setting idea was good, but the characters to one dimensional, not any teal chemistry between them and the action scenes not realistic.
The bad guy, geezuss it sounded right borderline childish and inmature.

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