TY - BOOK AU - Leadbeater, David, TI - The Babylon plot T2 - A Joe Mason thriller SN - 9780008618506 U1 - 823.92 23/eng/20240729 PY - 2024/// CY - London, UK PB - Avon Books, KW - Revenge KW - Fiction KW - Conspiracies KW - Action and adventure fiction KW - lcgft N2 - When ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason gets a call from the Vatican, he knows it is bad news. Marduk, crazed leader of The Amori cult, has escaped from a fortress-like prison in Milan, and he's hell-bent on revenge. His target? None other than Joe Mason himself. Fuelled by an unrelenting hatred for Mason, Marduk launches a burning vendetta: to not only destroy his nemesis but annihilate the very foundations of the church itself. As the cult's sadistic assassins close in, Joe and his team embark on a treacherous pursuit of Marduk across Europe in a life-or-death race against time to unravel his conspiracy. Both Joe and Marduk are out for blood -- and in this game, it's winner takes all. But can Mason and his team uncover the plot in time? And who will strike first in a battle that can leave only one person standing? ER -