ASIN: B08297VHKM
Publisher: Nu Mythos
Pages: 379
She must learn the secrets of the Hebrew letters, her blessing or her curse? Girona, Catalunya. 1491. When nineteen-year-old Maya Bonafeu unknowingly wields unnatural powers towards Count Villalobos’s son, the Count banishes Maya and her mother from his estate. Her mother knows these strange abilities must be harnessed and she takes Maya to Girona to study with her brother, Asach. He is the only person who can possibly teach the family legacy, how to use the magical powers of the Hebrew letters. Asach begrudgingly agrees--already knowing only the male lineage is endowed with this gift…until now.Maya meets charismatic Rafael Ceti, a gifted interpreter who acts as a liaison between the powerful Spanish Inquisitor and the Gironian city officials. Rafael is a converso—a Jew that has converted to Catholicism, who must straddle two worlds during this perilous time. Together, Maya and Rafael ...
