Inquisition
By (Author) Alfredo Colitto
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
29th November 2011
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery 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.