As the Byzantine and German emperors plot war, Venice's future rests in the hands of three unwilling individuals: The newly knighted Sir Tycho. He defeated the Mamluk navy but he cannot make the woman he loves love him back. Tortured by secrets, afraid of the daylight, he sees no reason to save a city he hates.
The grieving Lady Giulietta. Virgin. Mother. Widow. All she wants is to retire from the poisonous world of the Venetian court to mourn her husband in peace. But her duty is to Venice: Both emperors want her hand in marriage and an alliance with Europe's richest city. She must choose, knowing that whichever suitor she rejects will become Venice's bitterest enemy.
Lastly, a naked, mud-strewn girl who crawls from a paupers grave on an island in the Venetian lagoon and begins by killing the men who buried her. Between them, they will set the course of history.
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"A magnificent juggling act of alternative history set on the high wire of Shakespearean tragedy. Difficult to describe, but if you like richly textured texts as well as vampires, werewolves, wild magic, and Venice, then try this series." — Rosemary (5 out of 5 stars)
"A magnificent juggling act of alternative history set on the high wire of Shakespearean tragedy. Difficult to describe, but if you like richly textured texts as well as vampires, werewolves, wild magic, and Venice, then try this series."
" Very good story with a third one on its way "
" Loved this book. Running through Venice in a nice mashup of historical and fantasy themes was fun and reminded me of my 3 days in Venice in 2006. A real page turner. "
" Picked this up at library. , could not get into the book so I did not finish reading it. Hence the 2 stars. "
" Would love to see these as a series of films, because I enjoyed the story but just can't get on with Grimwood's style of writing. "
" I loved reading every bit of this book; it's just my thing. Adventure, romance, swashbuckling, intrigue - it's smart and beautifully written and just delightful. "
" A little slow to start, but once it got going I remembered why I liked the first in the series so much. "
Jon Courtenay Grimwood lives in England. The third book in his acclaimed Arabesk series Felaheen won the 2003 British Science Fiction Association Award, appeared on Locus Magazine’s 2003 Recommended Reading List, and appeared on SFSite’s Best of 2003 list.
Dan John Miller is an American actor and musician. In the Oscar-winning Walk the Line, he starred as Johnny Cash’s guitarist and best friend, Luther Perkins, and has also appeared in George Clooney’s Leatherheads and My One and Only, with Renée Zellweger. An award-winning audiobook narrator, he has garnered multiple Audie Award nominations, has twice been named a Best Voice by AudioFile magazine, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards and a Listen-Up Award from Publishers Weekly.
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