ASIN: B09XV2X1LL
Publisher: Booksprint
Pages: 268
Catania, 1669. The umpteenth earthquake caused by the continuous eruptions of Etna is about to strike, when Carlo, a Benedictine monk, finds one of the seven parts of the Necronomicon, the Book of the Occult, in the library of the Monastery of San Nicolò. On the other side of the city, Queen Maria Anna of Austria, sovereign of Spain, makes her triumphal entry into the Vice-Royalty, alongside her children, her Prime Minister, Cardinal Johann Eberhard Nidhard, inquisitor of the Realm, and Don Juan, the King's illegitimate son. The search for the remaining parts of the book intersects with the lives of these characters, in a succession of intrigues, spells and continuous twists and turns, which will revolve around the obsessive intent to possess the manuscript. Origins - The Book of Summonings is the first book of a fantasy saga, set in a historical context of witch-hunts, palace ...
