"It is only the second best book ever written of all time." That is what was said by a friend of mine about the book Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I'm pretty sure he would call The Da Vinci Code the best book of all time. Since the Cardinals of the Catholic Church were in Conclave deciding who the new Pope will be, Angels and Demons would be a pretty interesting read right now.
When the secret society, the Illuminati, steal a newly developed super weapon, symbologist Robert Langdan goes to the Vatican to try and stop them. When he gets there, he discovers that there are multiple Cardinals missing and that he is in a race against time to keep the Illuminati fro m destroying the Vatican.
I doubt that there was anything as exciting as in the book when the real Conclave convened, so reading this might make it all seem all the more exciting.
Also for up to the minute information about the latest Conclave and the new Pope, check out the Vatican's website!