“Enthralling . . . Fans of Dan Brown will have fun, and some may prefer Berry’s action-oriented hero to Brown’s cerebral Robert Langdon.”
— Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
“The intrigue is intense . . . Thriller fans will have their violence fix, but the real fun is in learning about the inner workings of the church, its history dating all the way back to Constantine, and the troubled past of Malta . . . This one will appeal to Dan Brown fans and anyone else in the mood for a page-turning yarn.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“The events unfold at a breakneck pace . . . [Berry] is very good at the historical-conspiracy thriller. He’s a skilled writer — much more so than Dan Brown, to whom he’s often compared — and a more dexterous plotter than many of us contemporaries. Fans of the series will give this one an enthusiastic thumbs-up.”
— Booklist