The Medusa amulet. David Franco, a talented young scholar specializing in Renaissance art and literature at the Newberry Library in Chicago, is introduced to one of the librarys main benefactors: Kathryn Van Owen. A beautiful and wealthy widow with a mysterious past, Van Owen has a sketch of a mirror created by the Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini a mirror reputed to confer the power of immortality upon any who look into it on a moonlit night and she is prepared to pay David a million dollars to find it for her. If the rumours of the mirrors powers are true David could not only pay off his dying sisters medical bills he could offer Sarah a chance of survival. But David will need help if he is to piece together the clues scattered through art and history to the mirrors current location. And there are others who have heard of the mirrors powers and will stop at nothing to find it In his stunning new thriller, Robert Masello blends past and present and fact and fiction to create a gripping race through history.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Arrow (Random)
ISBN: 9780099554295
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 16/06/2011
Año de edición: 2011
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Robert Masello
Robert Masello es guionista de televisión y periodista multipremiado además de autor de varios libros, entre ellos el thriller sobrenatural Vigil (que figuró en la lista de las novelas más vendidas de USA Today) y Bestiary. Sus artículos se publican con regularidad en The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, People, Harper's Bazaar y Parade.Como ensayista, su libro Robert’s Rules of Writing se ha convertido en una obra de referencia en muchas facultades. Es miembro de la Writers Guild of America. Vive en Santa Mónica, California. Puede obtenerse más información sobre él y su obra en www.robertmasello.com y www.bloodandice.com.