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010      2021053692 
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050 00 PS3602.E764|bO44 2022 
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100 1  Berry, Steve,|d1955-|eauthor. 
245 14 The omega factor /|cSteve Berry. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bGrand Central Publishing,|c2022. 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    vi, 451 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "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? 
       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 
       onto the trail of a legendary panel from 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 are the Maidens of Saint-Michael, les Vautours
       --the 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 by utilizing an ambitious cardinal and a corrupt 
       archbishop, both with agenda of their own."--|cprovided by
       publisher. 
610 20 Unesco|xOfficials and employees|vFiction. 
610 20 Catholic Church|vFiction. 
650  0 Nuns|vFiction. 
650  0 Secret societies|vFiction. 
650  0 Art|vFiction. 
650  0 Art thefts|vFiction. 
650  7 FICTION / Thrillers / Historical.|2bisacsh 
650  7 FICTION / Action & Adventure.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Art|vFiction.|2sears 
650  7 Art thefts|vFiction.|2sears 
650  7 Nuns|vFiction.|2sears 
655  0 Suspense fiction. 
655  2 Fictional Work|0(DNLM)D022922 
655  7 Novels.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01921742 
655  7 Thrillers (Fiction)|2gsafd 
655  7 Thrillers (Fiction)|2lcgft 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
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