'Seat of Power' presents a global clash of religion and politics with revelations of the Knights Templar. Ace reporter Dan Gerard is assigned by his Washington, D.C. newspaper to discover why an ailing Pope harbors a global terrorist in the Vatican. The American president, seeking a second term, will lose the election if the Vatican doesn't provide a good reason or release the terrorist. While claiming that the church sanctuary gives new direction to the Mideast peace process, the Vatican is attempting to prevent the disclosure of religious secrets uncovered by the Knights Templar during the Crusades. The reporter's struggle between personal aspirations and a lost love are burdened by the complications of earlier friendships. Written in the tradition of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code, Seat of Power is a thrilling and well-researched page-turner.