Has Pope Thomas I lost his mind, or is he about to usher in a historic papal paradigm shift?

If you are a fan of Christopher Buckley, Carl Hiaasen, and Dave Barry, prepare for Howard Siegel's hefty dose of holy hilarity that takes the idea of The Divine Comedy literally.

Infallible tells the story of Pope Thomas I, an admired populist pope who, during a State visit to the White House, trips over the First Lady's annoying Pomeranian on the White House stairs and suffers a mild head injury. When he returns to Rome, he begins to openly question some of the most sacrosanct positions of his church.

One day, he travels incognito to Savior Land, a colossal fundamentalist theme park and shopping mall outside of Dayton, Tennessee—the site of the historic Scopes evolution trial. In the shadow of the park's Holy Roller Coaster, he interrupts the Jesus actor's performance of The Sermon on the Mount, rips Revelation from a Bible, causes a near-riot and is arrested for trespassing, littering, disturbing the peace, and blasphemy. When he is taken to jail, he refuses to identify himself or post a modest bond of $100. He insists on a jury trial in the same courthouse where Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan fought their epic battle over teaching evolution in Tennessee public schools.

The politicians of the city of Dayton and the owner of Savior Land anticipate a financial bonanza at the prospect of Scopes II. Meanwhile, back at the Vatican, all hell has broken loose. There is no equivalent of the 25th Amendment allowing a pope to be removed. The Pope's interpretation of scripture is infallible; he speaks for God, and this Pope has begun to ponder whether his God may have changed his mind.

A mixture of political comedy, social commentary, and dark humor—Infallible is Swiftian satire that shows Mel Brooks was right when he said, "Humor is our defense against the universe."