The Light of all Things
- 510 stránek
- 18 hodin čtení
One woman living three lifetimes in Northern Italy. Time unfolds vertically as they unknowingly interact with one another across space and time to uncover an ancient book that can restore balance between masculine and feminine forces. The Italian Alps, 1553: Violeta, the daughter of a jewelery merchant, ventures from her home in Venice to an inn nestled deep in the Italian Alps in search of answers to a family book. On the eve of the Roman Inquisition, she encounters a priest who holds the key to a family secret, but has a personal vendetta to fill. Can the power her mother taught her use save her from his grasp?Trento, 2010: Iris, a Renaissance historian, has moved from Boston to Trento. After her relationship ends, she purchases a small inn near a mountain lake where mysterious circumstances begin to unfold. A discovery hidden in the inn sends her on a journey that will force her to confront the unexplained sensations that won't let her rest.Venice, 2078: A crumbling Venice has succumbed to centuries of abuse and neglect. Aster, the Lead Historical Preservationist, is overseeing plans to drain the canals and turn the city into a museum. Beneath the ruins of a palazzo, she uncovers a book that has the potential to rewrite history. In the hands of those in power, the book's significance has been censored, but Aster is willing to risk everything to preserve its message and find the truth behind its origins.
