The Eye of Moses. The Vatican Knights, #22

In France, a member of a secret guild is killed for the secrets he keeps. In Croatia, a stronghold is breached, and a treasure is stolen. At the Vatican, a corrupt pontiff views Kimball Hayden as a threat to his rule.  When the Croatian stronghold is breached, dozens lie dead in the aftermath. The prize: a religious icon housing the Eye of Moses-a dark particle with the power to create worlds or reduce them to dust.
This element, too powerful to control, has fallen into the hands of the Shadow Klan, who intend to forge it into a weapon of unprecedented destruction. If they succeeded, nations would crumble, world leaders would kneel before new masters, and the balance of global power would shatter forever. Pope Clement XV, seeing an opportunity to rid himself of a dangerous adversary, dispatches Kimball Hayden-alone, without his Vatican Knights-to recover the particle.
It's a mission designed to fail. Forced into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious Consortium Group, Kimball faces his most formidable enemy yet. The Shadow Klan's resources are vast, their reach extensive, and their determination absolute. Without his team, can Kimball retrieve a relic containing the power of Providence itself? Was he deliberately sent to his doom by a Pope fearful of his influence? Or will Kimball surrender completely to the darkness that has haunted him for so long?From the author of the international bestselling Vatican Knights series, Rick Jones delivers another pulse-pounding adventure where the stakes have never been higher.