I just finished reading The Omega Factor, the latest novel from Steve Berry. This is a stand alone novel, as opposed to his bestselling Cotton Malone series, but I thought the book was pretty good, although I am starting to get tired of all these thriller writers making renegade members of the Catholic clergy the bad guys. Are Dominican friars really used as muscle by the Vatican, and are there cardinals out there who will stop at nothing, even murder, to become pope? Can't they pick on some other religion for a change? In any case, this story is about UNESCO investigator Nicholas Lee, who travels to Ghent, Belgium to visit his ex-fiancee, who is now a Catholic nun doing restoration work on a medieval masterpiece, which when Lee arrives is in the process of being destroyed by a mysterious figure, who escapes with a laptop containing high resolution photographs of the art work. Nick follows this person to a convent on the outskirts of town, raising many questions and marking the start of a dangerous investigation. This was an exciting story and a page turner, and I recommend it, although I must confess I am looking forward to Berry's new Cotton Malone thriller coming out next year. That series is where Berry shines.
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