000			02490cam a22004098i 4500
001			on1269055029
003			OCoLC
005			20220609085423.0
008			211104t20222022nyu e 000 1 eng
010			_a 2021053692
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCF _dOCLCO _dMJ8 _dOCLCO _dRNL _dIH9 _dGL4 _dIUK _dLMJ _dNFG
020			_a9781538720943 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1538720949 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1269055029
042			_apcc
092			_aBERRY, _bSTEVE
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBerry, Steve, _d1955- _eauthor. _969616
245	1	4	_aThe omega factor / _cSteve Berry.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2206
264		1	_aNew York : _bGrand Central Publishing, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2022
300			_avi, 451 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"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	2	0	_aUnesco _xOfficials and employees _vFiction.
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _vFiction. _968442
650		0	_aArt _vFiction. _9233494
650		0	_aArt thefts _vFiction. _93284
650		0	_aSecret societies _vFiction. _92388
655		7	_aThrillers (Fiction) _2lcgft _9465
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c341576 _d341576