The Black Casket

Bol

A general wrongly executed.A coverup by a congregation of friars.A man obsessed with an ancient curse on his family.Venice is always the perfect backdrop for history, deception, intrigue.Mauro is an Italian architect living in Texas.Since childhood his Nonno has told him about something dangerous for his family tied to a mysterious black wooden caske hanging high on a wall of the Basilica ofsanta Mara lomosa der Mram in veniceHow can it be that in a church filled with amazing tombs and celebrated works of artthere is a simnle wooden maket.For centuries the Venetians have been speculating and gossiping on who is buried inside. Many are convinced it is the body ofhe count or armanoa a celebratedGeneral of the Venetian army, suddenlyaccused and executed for treasonHis body buried in a simple wooden box to remind everyone how the Kepublic treatsAs Mauro becomes more and more obsessed and agitated by the mystery, his niece Costanza travels with him to Venice with her girlfriend MiaThey hope to help him figure something outso he mav calm down.But the deeper they dig the more unsettling things becomeThe story moves continuously from Venice in the 1400s to Venice todayTime and space become one at the end, as Mauro hally fulhills his destiny

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Pagina's: 214, Hardcover, Mirasole Publishing