The Kiss of Judas by R.A. Scotti (1984)

The Kiss of Judas
by R. A. Scotti
Publisher:  Donald I. Fine, Inc.
Copyright:  1984

A fine new talent debuts with The Kiss of Judas -- a thriller, a love story, a novel of dimension, depth and relentless, building suspense.

The time is the spring of 1978.  The place is the Eternal City, Rome, and especially some places tourists never see -- the inside of the Vatican, including the Holy Father's sanctum sanctorum; the bloody byways of true-believers in their perverse morality of violence; the world of their nemesis, and his deputy, who also happens to be a native-born KGB agent, whose astonishing mission is to frustrate, not abet, an attack on the Pope.

And there is the Judas within the Vatican, a trusted Cardinal who is convinced he must betray the Prince of the Church he is sworn to serve, whose conflict of love and higher loyalty is shatteringly paralleled by a young man who must choose between the life of the virginal child-woman he adores and the threat she poses to the cause that consumes him.

The Kiss of Judas is a remarkably rich and textured novel of love and violence in the ancient setting that has been their birthplace.

Condition:  Used.  Hardcover.  Dust cover is discolored and shows rubbed edges.  Previous owner's "Library Of" stamp is on the front endpaper.  Pages are tanning from age.

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