Steve Berry

The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes until the Inquisition....

When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile in 1821, he took to the grave a powerful secret....

History recalls that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., ended on April 4, 1968, when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case....

What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain....

Four United States presidents have been assassinated - in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963 - each murder seemingly unrelated and separated by time....

The seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world. After former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss that a private auction is about to be held....

Cotton Malone is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of letters between Churchill and Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could rewrite history. But someone else seems to be after them, and when Malone obtains and then loses them, he enters into a hunt that attracts the Knights of Malta....

After former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone witnesses the theft of one of them, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will be offered to the highest bidder.....

Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail....

Locating Alexander the Great's final resting place is a tantalizing goal for archaeologists - as well as a despot who wants to surpass Alexander as history's ultimate conqueror....