Inquisition
By (Author) Alfredo Colitto
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
29th November 2011
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
853.92
Paperback
496
Width 128mm, Height 197mm, Spine 32mm
374g
A Templar in disguise. A dangerous scientist. And a killer who turns hearts to iron ...In 14th-century Italy, Mondino is a university anatomist - a man of science in a land governed by the brutal Inquisition. But the corpse brought to Mondino's laboratory one stormy night defies natural law: The victim is a Templar knight, and his heart has been transformed into a block of iron. Is it alchemy Or the diabolical work of an ingenious killer Aided by his headstrong student Gerardo - a young man concealing a deadly secret identity - Mondino must outwit both ruthless Inquisitors and vengeful Templars if he's to stop a murderer who threatens to shake the very foundations of Christendom.
Alfredo Colitto is the author of six novels. He lives in Bologna.