In the name of the Father - A.J. Quinnell (First edition)

A.J. Quinnell is established as a master of the modern thriller. Now he has produced perhaps his most compelling and memorable novel to date.

In the Vatican, three senior clerics meet in the highest secrecy to discuss a new and formidable threat to the Pope's life.

They know beyond reasonable doubt that once more they must confront a plot organized by the KGB on the direct orders of Yuri Andropov, who has sworn not to rest until the Polish Primate is destroyed.

These men decide there is only one way to prevent the Soviet leader from achieving his ambition. He himself must be eliminated.

Thus the scene is set for a truly epic adventure. The agent selected for the apparently impossible task of traveling through central Europe to penetrate the very heart of the Soviet empire is a renegade member of the Polish secret police, Mirek Scibor. To his horror, the plan devised to get him there involves Scibor taking a companion, Ania Krol.

Scibor is a man driven by a dark and private hatred. Cynical, ruthless, violent, he has no time for priests or their piety. Ania, on the other hand, is beautiful, reserved, and deeply religious. As well she might be, since she is a nun!