For nearly two thousand years, the Catholic Church has revered and protected its priceless, sprawling inventory of holy relics.From the bones of apostles to pieces of the cross Jesus died on, Catholics worldwide have long viewed their cherished relics as sacred—reminders of the possibility of miracles, of the power of the Almighty.But some of the holiest relics in all of Christendom have been … have been lost down through the centuries to war, thieves, or worse. And the Catholic Church has spent untold blood and treasure to recover them—often to no avail.
So, when a high-ranking cardinal is murdered in his Vatican apartment over clues he might possess to the whereabouts of a relic considered truly divine, the Vatican calls in the experts.
They enlist former secret agent Sean Wyatt; his wife, Adriana; and his best friend, the renowned archaeologist Tommy Schultz, to help find both the cardinal’s killer and, if at all possible, the missing relic, thought to have been hidden by Napoléon Bonaparte two hundred years ago.
This relic—a ring worn by John the Baptist—is rumored to possess unfathomable power, rendering its wearer nearly invincible, able to wield the very power of God.
And the grand master of a once-powerful order of medieval Catholic knights wants it to help his twisted holy warriors regain their former glory.
They’ll stop at nothing until they possess the ring, kill Wyatt and his friends, overthrow the pope, and enlist believers worldwide into their unholy New Crusade.
USA Today best-selling author Ernest Dempsey delivers his most taught thriller to date. The Napoléon Affair will keep you guessing until all of its secrets are finally revealed.
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The Napoleon Affair is an exciting adventure through history in search of a religious relic stolen from Malta by, you guessed it, Napoléon Bonaparte. Sean Wyatt, ex-CIA super-agent, his Ninja trained wife Adriana, and his best friend world-renowned archeologist, Tommy Schultz, are hired by the Vatican to solve the murder of a Cardinal who discovered a document in the Vatican archives that might solve the two-hundred-year-old mystery of where Napoléon hid the relic.
Alas, the heroic trio isn’t the only one searching for the powerful icon. A rebel spinoff of The Knights Hospitaller has been searching for the relic for two-hundred years and believe the sacred talisman holds the secret to infinite power.
The stage is set, get ready for an enjoyable read.
Awesome! I originally purchased Ernest Dempsey’s first Sean Wyatt adventure novel The Secret of the Stones in February 2019 but just didn’t connect with the story. It was a bit too ‘Indiana Jones-style’ for me and not believable. This story, The Napoleon Affair – grabbed me. I loved the plot, the setting, and really enjoyed the characters. Cheers Lynda L. Lock (Isla Mujeres Mystery series).
I think the books in this series keep getting better. The action and suspense is great! I live the fact vs. Fiction section at the end, and thanks so much for the recipes!!!
Not one, not two, but three ancient religious secret societies vie for a relic that has not only religious significance, but allegedly supernatural powers, in Sean Wyatt #18, Ernest Dempsey’s newest best-selling The Napoleon Affair, that will soon be at the top of the historic adventure book charts.
Sean, wife (and ‘wonder-woman’) Adriana and their best friend and fellow-adventurer, Tommy Schultz, are shot at, kidnapped, double-crossed, betrayed, chased through a famous Paris cemetery and in the case of Sean, almost immolated in an arson attack on Notre-Dame Cathedral – phew!
With non-stop, nail-biting thrills and chills, you won’t want Ernest Dempsey’s fantastic novel to end.
Get your copy today and get ready for mystery galore and excitement round every corner!
I loved this book! Sean, Adriana, and Tommy are thoughtful, irreverent, world class warriors chasing an artifact through puzzles, twists and turns, and far away countries. I really enjoyed the plot, the characters, the dialogue, and June’s cameo appearances. Bravo!
Napoleon had the ambition of a lion and the thirst for power. With his team of soldiers going thru the Cathedral looking for a religious relic he needed to obtain power on earth and heaven. Josephine his wife, he also called Rose, and they both had a love of Roses.
A cardinal is dead, another being framed, instructing the Swiss Guards of the Vatican to get Sean and the team. Sean is a man of trouble, has a vast military expertise. even his wife and friends will agree. Private jet will take then to the Vatican, they will find no clues, only a letter, will going to France yield anything. A fascinating story that is woven around history that holds the reader captive and into another era.
Sean and Tommy are back in a roller-coaster of a ride based on the search for a Napoleon Bonaparte relic, but it is spiced up by an ancient order of Catholic Knights also searching for it as they attempt to restore their order to the power they think it deserves, and overthrow the Pope and wage war on all non-Christians in the process.
There is a tragic murder, a series of riddles to solve and a truly breathtaking series of adventures to keep the adrenaline levels up throughout the book and make it a genuinely exciting and compelling read.
There are several aspects to Ernest Dempsey’s books and this one has them all in spades, the characters are all multi-faceted and believable, the locations are really evocatively described, and there are great action sequences but what makes them really stand out for me is the amount of historical research and the way that it is woven into the story.
I have been a fan of the author for quite a long time now, and I believe that his books are getting better and better, this is definitely the best of a very good bunch, and for me his books sit up there with some of the best thriller writers that there are.
I did receive an advance copy of this book, but have voluntarily written this honest review.