Secret of Fatima

by John R. VanBuskirk


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 02/05/2001

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 260
ISBN : 9781585006120

About the Book

The words of Abbot Alphonsus are precise, 'Brother, the Secret of Fatima has been stolen. You must get the letter back for the Vatican. You must protect the Church and its one billion members.' The Abbot speaks to L.A. Maritain, a former CIA agent, now Trappist monk. Maritain is recruited to manage the operation and keep the Secret from being revealed. Maritain feels the weight of his past. Thoughts of Merrick Ludlow and Kapryce Meiher emerge. He was Maritain's long-term partner. She was a promising young agent and his past lover. The two tried killing Maritain in the desolate jungles of Northern India a year before. The Abbot's request will lead the trio to a deadly rendezvous in the Holy City. Secret of Fatima is an action-suspense novel centered on the eighty-year-old Vatican City mystery. Supernatural events of Fatima, Portugal were authenticated by the Roman Catholic Church in 1930 and the existence of a secret revealed in 1941. On May 13, 2000, the Vatican unveiled part of the Secret and promised to divulge full details and another prophetic vision. Along with detailing the historic events of Fatima, John R. VanBuskirk describes how the Vatican and CIA battle to recover the Secret that's been stolen from papal archives. The Vatican, fearing that Christianity will buckle, must mask the robbery, silence the thieves, and recover the Secret before it is released to the world. The confrontation pits a monk and former-CIA agent against the partner who betrayed him and the woman he once loved. 'So far, my assumptions about the Secret of Fatima are right-on', VanBuskirk explains. I never thought the Secret was about world-wide annihilation or the Last Judgment. I do believe that it contains even more suffering for John Paul II and will continue to fuel controversy in the Roman Catholic Church.'


About the Author

John R. VanBuskirk was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He was educated at the University of Kansas in Lawrence and achieved an MBA at Rockhurst University in Kansas City. 'It was exciting writing Secret of Fatima because so much of the story is real,' VanBuskirk explains. 'It's a great benefit that I release my novel just as the Vatican reveals part of the actual Secret. Besides local publicity, I've been on a nationally syndicated talk show and interviewed by the Washington Post. Timing is everything!' VanBuskirk credits his wife for his success. 'I had a dream to write the 'Great American Novel' and Molly let me pursue it. Her encouragement was as instrumental to me achieving my goal as the keyboard I tapped for so many, many nights.' John and Molly, live in Kansas City with their four children. He is currently working on his next novel that will reunite L.A. Maritain and Kapryce Meiher, the two main characters of the story.