BLURB:
Italy. A tough
master of novices, Father Dante encounters the bold young priest Antonio who
challenges his identity and accuses him of being the Saint Nicholas. But
despite the Father faking his death, a determined Antonio discovers a rather
alive Dante arrayed in kilt and armor.
In return for
Antonio’s silence—and to protect the town from attracting all manner of
darkness—Dante agrees to tell his life story. Without explanation, Dante orders
Antonio to meet him at night in the abandoned Cathedral, the site of a former
battle that the Church has kept secret for a generation.
Until today.
The Criskindl.
Ice Steeds. The Unborn. Saint.
From the Dark
Ages’ when Poet-Sorcerers ruled kings, to the Holy Land when a new civilization
was rising, to Revolutionary France where love is lost and gained, Father Dante
pursues the one responsible for both his master and his mother’s deaths: Black
Peter, his brother.
EXCERPT:
I
stood up and snarled. "All this for a romp?"
Catherine
walloped a blurring slap across my face. Though lights danced in my periphery,
I fiddled with my jaw to click it back into place.
"My
flesh is pure, Nicholas. Is yours?"
She
spun on her heel and wheeled towards the night-dark palace. Wrath trailed her
like her billowing fur, an anger punctuated by images that flashed into my
mind. One vision showed Catherine as a girl: enraptured, she listened to
stories of a man of powerful purpose; another had her beat an armored opponent
twice her age in straight-sword combat, but her thoughts always wandered to a
future where some day she would find me.
A
wind billowed my vestment. "Befana gave me a wife? Why?"
Once
the darkness had consumed my Catherine, a dread poisoned my heart. I ran after
her, and the second I took my first stride, I partially understood why Befana
had sent her. I was alone.
"Catherine!"
A
giddiness filled me, only for a terrible fear to steal into my soul. What had I
done?
"Catherine
please?"
I
headed for the balcony and midway up the stone steps, she paused in a half
turn, her lips parted just so. I took a deep savoring breath.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Gregory Bellarmine is the
author of the bestselling Monthly Roman Breviary. He lives a happy though
sometimes sleepless life in the UK with his wife, two children and rather
cheeky Parson Russell Terrier.
Email: frgregory@latinmass.org.uk
Gregory’s blog is http://www.fatherdante.com
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