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This novel tels you the story of 72 hours of the election of a new Pope. The pope has died and the cardinals are gathering to elect his successor: basically, powerful men are coming together to make some really big decisions. What could possibly go wrong?

In the novel Conclave our storyteller is Cardinal Lomeli, dean of the College of Cardinals and the man responsible for presiding over the conclave. Among the possible chosen ones there is cardinal Tedesco the traditionalist, cardinal Tremblay the ambitious North American and Cardinal Adeyemi the African with strong views on the role of women and gay marriage. Into this conclave there arrives a cardinal no one has heard of � Vincent Benítez, a cardinal "in pectore", appointed by the pope in secret in order to protect his identity because he is the Arch-Bishop of Baghdad. The stage is thus set for a election for the most honorable seat of the world.

The story is certainly not a thriller but an informative drama about the comings and going-on within the Vatican and not only during the conclave but before and after the conclave.

A truly inspired reading with an nice twist at the ending though I did subtract a star for the ending. The book was interesting in a religious historical perceptive and does deliver a great read about one of our Historical religious institutes. And Harris as always can tell a great story that never fails to be grand read.