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Day of Wrath
Hardcover
Series: The Marko Zorn, Book 5
Publisher Price: $34.95
ISBN13: 9781959170365
Publisher: Meridian Editions
Published: Jul 14 2026
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
2026 Literary Titan Gold Award Winner
2026 American Fiction Awards Finalist
2026 Storytrade Book Awards Finalist
There are secrets within the Church. Some are worth killing for.
When Washington, DC, homicide detective Marko Zorn is called to the city's cathedral, he finds a scene as chilling as it is surreal: the bloodied body of the cardinal archbishop lies on the church floor beneath a balcony far above, a playing card clutched in his hand.
The card is a key to an ancient secret from the mountains of Mexico, where the archbishop encountered a shadowy cult devoted to Holy Death.
As Marko digs deeper, he's pulled into a secretive world of ritual and power that stretches from a remote desert village to the inner sanctums of the Vatican. What begins as a murder investigation quickly spirals into something far more dangerous: a calculated plot to infiltrate the Catholic Church and extend the cult's reach into the modern world.
With bodies mounting, time running out, and the pope on his deathbed, Marko must expose the truth before the cult's influence becomes unstoppable. Is the Devil back in the game?
A spellbinding tale in the tradition of Dan Brown and David Baldacci, Day of Wrath is the most atmospheric novel of Otho Eskin's acclaimed Marko Zorn series.
Day of Wrath is the fifth book in Otho Eskin's Marko Zorn series, which includes Amazon Editor's Pick The Reflecting Pool, Head Shot, Amazon Editor's Pick Firetrap, and the multiple award-winning Black Sun Rising. Each novel can be read as a stand-alone or as a part of the series.
PRAISE FOR DAY OF WRATH
Take a deep breath and hang on; this one holds you tight and never lets go. -Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author
Day of Wrath is a pitch-perfect thriller, great storytelling wrapped up tight in a noir-laden package. . . . Eskin treads on the hallowed ground of Dan Brown and leaves even bigger footprints. -Jon Land, New York Times, USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author
Fans of Eskin's previous Marko Zorn novels will find themselves right at home here, enjoying the snappy rhythms of Zorn's rapid-fire dialogue . . . Zorn, who is as battle-tested as they come, . . . is a wise-cracking, faux-self-deprecating badass. -Kirkus Reviews
A fast-moving action thriller with a coterie of unsavory yet colorful characters. . . . Jam-packed with suspense and intrigue. -Readers' Choice
With its richly layered mystery, intelligent plotting and one of the genre's most compelling detectives, Day of Wrath is the kind of thriller that reminds you why conspiracy fiction is so captivating in the first place. -BookTrib
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