The Dead Man's Brother

There is a corpse under the Chagall. Once an art smuggler, now a respectable art dealer, Ovid Wiley awoke to find his former partner stabbed to death on his gallery floor. That was strange enough - but when a CIA agent showed up to spring him from NYPD custody, things got a lot stranger. Now the CIA is offering to clear up the murder charge, but only in return for a favor: They want Ovid to fly to Vatican City and trace the trail of a renegade priest who has gone missing with millions in church funds. What's the connection? The priest's lover, a woman Ovid knew in his smuggling days...

About the Author

One of the most celebrated authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, Roger Zelazny was nominated a remarkable 14 times for the field's two most prestigious awards, the Hugo and the Nebula, and won 6 and 3 of each, respectively. He wrote such classic fantasy novels as Lord of Light, My Name Is Legion, and Damnation Alley, as well as the best-selling "Amber" series.