Hi ΣПЯIQЦΣDΛ, I found the below website if you need more than one reference :):) ..... Synopsis underneath..... Good luck!!! http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/14185/The%2BFraternity%2BOf%2BThe%2BStone%20?returnPath=L2Jyb3dzZS9hdXRob3IvMzA0Ny9Nb3JyZWxsLCBEYXZpZD8%3D Brief Synopsis: Drew MacLane was a star agent-until the day the killing had to stop. He withdrew and for six years lived the life of a hermit in a monastery. Long Synopsis: Scalpel. A clandestine, government-sanctioned operation named for its purpose: precise surgical removal. Assassination. Drew MacLane was a star agent-until the day the killing had to stop. He withdrew and for six years lived the life of a hermit in a monastery. But someone has tracked him down, leaving a trail of corpses. Someone who knows all about him-who will stop at nothing to kill him. In a novel of astonishing suspense, a former killer is drawn once again into that electrifying, world where no one is as he seems-where life's most horrifying, harrowing game is played.

Now, stuck in an untenable situation of "kill or be killed," Drew’s moral conscience and survival instincts fight an immense battle even as he begins a desperate search for his killer. Not knowing where to turn for help, unable to distinguish friend from foe, Drew feels bewildered as he re-enters a society he’d voluntarily cloistered himself from, rekindles an old love affair and comes across a very secretive but formidable fraternity of monks who are determined to protect the Church at any cost. David Morrell’s well-plotted story about a reformed assassin with a religious streak is not only intense, thrilling and novel, but it also raises some very choice moral dilemmas. The author touches upon various prickly problems that the world as a whole faces today, and while not providing a solution, takes an unprejudiced look at the various viewpoints. Seen through the eyes of Drew, readers are drawn into a world where, to counteract the growing acts of violence and terrorism, a new order of counter-assassins are brought into play. Are they really so different from the people they’re hunting? That is the highly controversial question that Morrell raises. The Catholic Church, its deep-rooted history and its tacit power are also explored. Combining intricate details about monkhood and religion with fascinating information about weaponry and counter-terrorism training, by intermeshing the past and the present in a seamless narrative, Morrell creates a story full of suspense and questions which is as unforgettable as it is patently absorbing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: http://www.curledup.com/fratston.htm I hope this will help. Gravity.

Once Drew MacLane was the star agent of "Scalpel", a clandestine government-sanctioned assassination organization, until the day he had a violent realization that what he was doing was no different from that of the fanatical terrorists whom he’d so righteously hunted. To atone for his sins, he joins a severely secluded and harsh monastic order where he does his best to forget the past. Six years later, in a quest to eliminate Drew, someone kills every monk in his order. But by sheer luck and with the aid of his not-so-dusty skills, Drew escapes.

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