The Pope's Hitman

Praise for The Pope’s Hitman:
“[A] riveting action thriller … Fans of Frederick Forsyth’s conspiracy novels will enjoy themselves.”
—Publishers Weekly

“C’mon, this project had you — as it did me — at John Wick meets Conclave, right? Though I’d add ‘…with the paranoid conspiracy intrigue of The Da Vinci Code’ to top it off. It’s got a great title, a ridiculously fun premise — the Vatican has secret assassin black ops teams — fantastic settings and a killer (literally!) opening. … This is ridiculously over-the-top and I loved every second of it. These are great characters dealing with a fun premise that stirs the conspiracy theorist in all of us and fighting their way through crazy situations.”
—The Optionist

“Father Frank Loyola is here to restore your faith in action heroes. Just remember to duck once the bullets start to fly. A wild, heart-pounding, roller-coaster ride to the very end. Beyond a doubt the best thriller I’ve read in years.”
—John Horgan, author of Terrorist Minds

“The Pope’s Hitman takes an outlandish scenario and grounds it just enough with a smart, compelling, and accessible main character. Father Francis Loyola navigates personal history, assassination plots, thorny moral quandaries, international cabals, and his own past mistakes with the deadly professionalism and compartmentalization of a military special operative and the careful thought and ethical consideration of a Jesuit. Starting with a bang that pulls you right into the mystery, full of high-voltage, cinematic action sequences, with a pace that just keeps ramping up to the final spectacular set piece, anchored by a main character you’d be happy to follow from mission to mission all over the world, The Pope’s Hitman is the most fun I’ve had reading an action thriller in years.”
—Caitlin Fitzgerald, author of The Children’s Illustrated Clausewitz

“From the pews of Boston to the forest near Medjugorje to the Confessio of Saint Peter, Father Loyola’s mission to confront a secret betrayal from his past makes for a gripping thriller that can’t be missed.”
—Sam Jackson, author of Oath Keepers

J.M. Berger is internationally known as an expert on extremism and terrorism. He is the author of three nonfiction books:

• Extremism (2018)
• ISIS: The State of Terror (with Jessica Stern, 2015)
• Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam (2011)

He has written for The Atlantic, Politico, and The Boston Globe, among others. Berger is a senior research fellow for the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies and a member of the editorial board of Terrorism and Political Violence. In addition to writing fiction, he enjoys spending time with trees and water.

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