Upon This Rock - Brossura

Perry, David Eugene

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0941936066 ISBN 13: 9780941936064

Casa editrice: Pace Pr, 2020

Riassunto

Intrigue, terrorism, history, art, and the secrets of the Church collide in a relentless page-turning thriller.

"An elegant, twisty thriller in which a gay couple investigates a mysterious suicide in a scenic Italian hill town. It's not hard to imagine that this book could do for Orvieto what Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil did for Savannah." –Armistead Maupin, author of the internationally acclaimed Tales of the City

An American couple in Italy investigate the suicide of a cleric in the picturesque Italian city of Orvieto—and find themselves plunged into a conspiracy that may destroy the Catholic Church. In the stunning thriller Upon This Rock, San Francisco business executive Lee Maury and his husband Adriano come to Orvieto to soak in the city's beauty and rich history, but Lee becomes fascinated with a local tragedy, the suicide one year earlier of Deacon Andrea, a much-loved candidate for the priesthood.

Growing obsessed with learning the truth behind Andrea's death, Lee and Adriano stumble upon a conspiracy of terrorism, human trafficking, and a plot to destroy one of the Church's most sacred shrines—all somehow linked across 500 years to Renaissance Pope Clement VII, who escaped to Orvieto after the sack of Rome in 1527. Before they know it, Lee and Adriano's dream vacation becomes a race to save innocent lives—and not get killed in the process.

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He stood on the cliff and prayed.

Useless, he thought, to turn my thoughts to God.

Behind him, the lights of Orvieto reflected in a million icy crystals. Snow had come early this year. It wasn't yet December.

Below, the road would be deserted. He wondered who would find him. Someone would, of course, and for that he was sorry. What a horrible thing to see, to discover: the body of a reprobate, crushed against the rock and never to see forgiveness. Never to see the face of God. Never to see another sunrise.

It should be beautiful, and he smiled. He had often come here to sit near the altar and wait for the dawn. Tomorrow, its rays would reach out to warm the city across a quilt of virginal frost. He had seen it before: prisms of color in the ice. Like a miracle it had seemed to him as a child.

No more: no more dawns, no more rainbows, no more miracles.

"Don't!"

He heard the scream, but too late. He had already stepped off the cliff, arms outspread like a cross, and dived for the tombs below.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pace Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0941936066
• ISBN 13: 9780941936064
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 402
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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