I enjoy Steve Berry's books. He is definitely a gifted historical/mystery/suspense writer. I don't even mind his frequent digs at the Catholic Church. Heaven know, we deserve some of it. But it goes way too far in "The Third Secret", based on the mysterious Third Secret of Fatima.
Whether you believe in the apparitions of Mary the Mother of Jesus at Lourdes, Fatima, La Salette and Medjugorje or not, to even concieve of the woman who carried our Savior in her womb would even suggest that abortion was a woman's choice ("know that your body is your own") is repulsive. Mary's entire story (the biblical one) is about the sanctity of life. Without Divine intervention, Mary's life would have been seriously hampered by the birth of this baby. In fact, she should have been stoned to death when the pregnancy was discovered. Even Mr. Berry's statement in the author's notes, that the "second half" of the Third Secret, upon which the book centers, is completely a product of his imagination, does not redeem this novel in my eyes.
My advice, don't even waste your time. Cotton Malone doesn't even appear in this book, and though it does give structure to the character of Colin Michener, who finally reappears in the Venetian Betrayal, you won't be missing out on anything by skipping "The Third Secret".
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