In the simmering hot summer of 1492, a monstrous evil is stirring within the Eternal City of Rome. The brutal murder of an alchemist sets off a desperate race to uncover the plot that threatens to extinguish the light of the Renaissance and plunge Europe back into medieval darkness.Determined to ave[...]

From the author of "Poison "and "The Borgia Betrayal, "comes a new historical thriller, featuring the same intriguing and beautiful heroine: Borgia court poisoner, Francesca GiordanoMistress of death Francesca Giordano--court poisoner to the House of Borgia--returns to confront an ancient atrocity t[...]