The Road to Gandolfo

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The Road to Gandolfo is a story by Robert Ludlum about General MacKenzie Hawkins ("The Hawk"), a living military legend and a veteran. He defaces an important Chinese memorial as a result of being drugged by a Chinese general. He later gets kicked out of the army. Seeking revenge, he plots one of the most outrageous plans ever - to kidnap the Pope and hold him for ransom of $400 million - one dollar for every Catholic in the world.

The only person to stop him is Sam Devereaux, an army lawyer who rescues the Hawk from China but subsequently himself gets trapped in the Hawk’s plan.

The story revolves around how the Hawk executes the mission in amazing precision and discipline along with his band of seven provocateurs and the unexpected reaction by the Pope.

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Unlike the usual books by Mr. Ludlum, this one tends to be overwhelmingly humorous. There is a second example of this kind of story called The Road to Omaha.