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The Warsaw Protocol

Cotton Malone • Book 15

by Steve Berry

Narrated by Steve Berry, Scott Brick

4.10 ABR Score (10.0K ratings)
★ 4 Goodreads (9.2K) ★ 4.31 Audible (769)
23h 28m Released 2020 Thriller

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

Scott Brick reads political thrillers like he's defusing a bomb — here he gets sacred relics, Cold War blackmail, and a co-narrator who wrote every word himself.

  • Great if you want: spy thriller wrapped around historical religious artifact intrigue
  • Listening experience: dense and layered but propulsive across its 23-hour runtime
  • Narration: Brick is genre-perfect; Berry's own voice adds unusual authorial intimacy
  • Skip if: you're new to Cotton Malone — 15 books of history follows you in

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About This Audiobook

Seven sacred relics of the Arma Christi are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world, and the thefts are tied to a secret auction where damaging intelligence on Poland's president will be sold to the highest bidder. Former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is sent to steal the Holy Lance from Wawel Castle in Krakow as the price of admission, while the United States and Russia pursue the blackmail material for opposing reasons. The stakes are political and historical in equal measure, with the fate of European power balances hanging on Malone's ability to navigate competing loyalties.

Steve Berry narrates a brief introduction and Scott Brick carries the full audiobook with his trademark authority. Berry's Cotton Malone formula, rooted historical mysteries, globe-trotting action, and geopolitical intrigue, is especially well suited to Brick's measured, confident delivery. At over twenty-three hours, this is one of the longer entries in the series, but Brick's pacing makes it feel purposeful throughout.