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The Omega Factor von Steve Berry
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The Omega Factor (Original 2022; 2022. Auflage)

von Steve Berry (Autor)

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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:"Dan Brown fans will want to check this one out" (Publishers Weekly): 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—anything and everything from countless lesser-known objects to national treasures. 
When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from his past, he unwittingly stumbles on 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 is 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 utilizing an ambitious cardinal and a corrupt archbishop, both with agendas of their own.  
From the tranquil canals of Ghent, to the towering bastions of Carcassonne, and finally into an ancient abbey high in the French Pyrenees, Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity’s past. Success or failure—life and death—all turn on the Omega Factor.
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Titel:The Omega Factor
Autoren:Steve Berry (Autor)
Info:Grand Central Publishing (2022), 464 pages
Sammlungen:Deine Bibliothek
Bewertung:****
Tags:thriller, religious history

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Enjoyed like other Steve Berry books. Similar historical mystery. Fast paced. I feel like I figured most of it out too quickly and the last part was just confirming what I suspected. I would have liked a few more twists and turns. Ghent alter piece, Cathars, virgin Mary's tomb and more. ( )
  Michmars | Jan 10, 2024 |
Nick Lee, ex-FBI, works as a field investigator for UNESCO, resolving those 'difficult' cultural and artistic issues that arise around the globe(?) He is in Ghent to re-connect with his ex-fiancee, who jilted him at the alter to become a nun(!) He becomes involved in a rather convoluted plot surrounding an alter piece, a secret order of nuns hiding in plain sight, the Cathars and an ambitious and ruthless cardinal. (Whew!)

This is an all-action thriller that tries to have it all, but does not quite pull all its narrative threads together at the end. Apart from the rather ludicrous job the hero holds this is a fine beach or long-haul flight read. ( )
  pierthinker | Nov 13, 2023 |
Did not finish. ( )
  cjordan916 | Jan 29, 2023 |
There are three central themes in the story. The fate and significance of an altarpiece in the Ghent cathedral. The location of the remains of Mary the mother of Jesus. Whether there are any remains from Joan of Arc, and if so where are they. The details of these mysteries range from Ghent to southern France. Mixed into the story is the story of the Cathars, a persecuted Christian sect of the Middle Ages. A new protagonist is introduced:Nick Lee who works as an investigator for the UN and gets involved because his former fiancée who became a nun was the restorer of the Ghent altarpiece. ( )
  waldhaus1 | Oct 20, 2022 |
The Omega Factor (2022) (Nick Lee #1) by Steve Berry. Not one of my favorites of Mr. Berry’s books. It is a good read, exciting and fast paced (in many places) with the usual touches of a daring investigator, a historic mystery, and plenty of details about the history of the various regions visited in the course of the book.
It is just that I wasn’t interest in the history of the southwest of France. Couldn’t care less. And I have read several books about the Templars and the break away religious sects of the area. Reading this felt like revisiting past reads and visiting areas I didn’t find very interesting the first time around.
Ghent, Belgium, is the starting point of the story and it pulled me in. A young nun is doing restoration work on the Ghent Altarpiece, specifically the reproduction of the portion that was stolen in 1934. Now someone breaks into the supposedly empty work area and tries to destroy the replica piece of the massive Altarpiece. While the nun who is working on the item stops in after hours and comes across the intruder, she is in trouble. Fortunately Nick Lee of UNESCO had made a date with his former fiancee, the nun in trouble, and arrives in time to save her but not the panel. There are detailed digital photos of every inch of the panel but the computer they are on has been taken by the intruder.
Thus begins this pell-mell tale that has echoes of the Vatican, a secret society of nuns, terrible priests (some brandish guns (for a change) and aren’t above killing) and retribution against the church. The path leads across France to the Pyrenees and into the history of Mary, the mother of Jesus. But along the way there are so many diversions it dulls my mind trying to keep on the path of the story.
This is a book for history buffs and die-hard fans of Mr. Berry. Also if you like reading about The Inquisition (bet you didn’t expect that because no one ever expects…) this is an added bonus for you. ( )
  TomDonaghey | Aug 2, 2022 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:"Dan Brown fans will want to check this one out" (Publishers Weekly): 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—anything and everything from countless lesser-known objects to national treasures. 
When Nick travels to Belgium for a visit with a woman from his past, he unwittingly stumbles on 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 is 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 utilizing an ambitious cardinal and a corrupt archbishop, both with agendas of their own.  
From the tranquil canals of Ghent, to the towering bastions of Carcassonne, and finally into an ancient abbey high in the French Pyrenees, Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity’s past. Success or failure—life and death—all turn on the Omega Factor.

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