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THE OMEGA FACTOR de Steve Berry

The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, or stolen. Why? What secrets does it hold?

THE OMEGA FACTOR
by Steve Berry
Grand Central, June 2022
(via Writers House)

Enter UNESCO investigator, Nicholas Lee, who works for the United Nations’ Cultural Liaison and Investigative Office (CLIO).  Nick’s job is to protect the world’s cultural artifacts—including countless lesser-known objects and national treasures. 
When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from his past, he unwittingly stumbles on the trail of the twelfth panel for the Ghent Altarpiece, stolen in 1934 under cover of night and never seen since.  Soon Nick is plunged into a bitter conflict, one that has been simmering for nearly two thousand years.  On one side is the Maidens of Saint-Michael, les Vautours, Vultures, a secret order of nuns and the guardians of a great truth.  Pitted against them is the Vatican, which has wanted for centuries to both find and possess what the nuns guard.  Because of Nick the maidens have finally been exposed, their secret placed in dire jeopardy—a vulnerability that the Vatican swiftly moves to exploit utilizing an ambitious cardinal and a corrupt archbishop, both with agendas of their own.  
From the tranquil canals of Ghent, to the towering bastions of Carcassonne, and finally into an ancient abbey high in the French Pyrenees, Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity’s past.  Success or failure—life and death—all turn on the Omega Factor.

Steve Berry is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cotton Malone novels (The Bishop’s Pawn, The Malta Exchange), among other books, and several works of short fiction. He has 25 million books in print, translated into over 40 languages. With his wife, Elizabeth, he is the founder of History Matters, which is dedicated to historical preservation. He serves as an emeritus member of the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board and was a founding member of International Thriller Writers, formerly serving as its co president.

Nos titres dans les dernières listes du New York Times

Voici un aperçu des derniers classements du New York Times.

Dans la liste Hardcover Fiction, on retrouve le nouveau roman d’Emily Giffin, THE ONE AND THE ONLY, à la troisième place, alors que THE TARGET de David Baldacci, NATCHEZ BURNING de Greg Iles et THE LINCOLN MYTH de Steve Berry (qui sera publié au Cherche-Midi) se placent respectivement à la septième, neuvième et dixième place. En douzième position, SUSPICION de Joseph Finder fait son entrée.

Encore quatre titres dans le top ten des Hardcover Nonfiction avec, notamment, les réflexions sur la crise économique de STRESS TEST de Timothy F. Geithner et TIBETAN PEACH PIE, l’autobiographie de Tom Robbins qui sera publiée aux Éditions Gallmeister.

Parmi les poches, nos titres occupent les trois premières places du podium :  GONE GIRL de Gillian Flynn sur la plus haute marche, suivi par ORPHAN TRAIN de Christina Baker Kline (Ed. Belfond) et THE LONGEST RIDE de Nicholas Sparks (Ed. Michel Lafon).

Et dans les catégories Jeunesse (Séries, Middle Grade et Young Adult), nous retrouvons une douzaine de nos titres parmi les premiers, dont THE FAULT IN OUR STARS de John Green (Ed. Nathan), THE MAZE RUNNER de James Dashner (Ed. Pocket Jeunesse) et THE FINISHER de David Baldacci.

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