The Rising TideVenice, 1769. The City of Masks is awash with rumour. A strange man haunts the nearby island of Torcello, a skeleton strapped to his back. A wolf wearing a priest’s cassock is spotted running through the fields. A mysterious courtesan bears signs of a most unusual form of stigmata. Michele Archenti, former priest and devil’s advocate, and current publisher of a scandalous collection of erotic poetry, becomes reluctantly embroiled in political intrigue. Called upon to defend the skeleton-bearer—his friend Rodolfo —against charges of heresy, Archenti must navigate the murky political waters as well as the less-frequented canals of Venice, and outsmart the ambitious new Inquisitor from Rome who vows not only to prosecute the heretic, but to see him burn. In the heady, uninhibited days of Carnival, the signs are ripe: the citizens of Venice prepare for the Second Coming of Christ.
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Contents
Section 23 | 102 |
Section 24 | 107 |
Section 25 | 118 |
Section 26 | 120 |
Section 27 | 137 |
Section 28 | 140 |
Section 29 | 141 |
Section 30 | 150 |
Section 9 | 43 |
Section 10 | 53 |
Section 11 | 54 |
Section 12 | 62 |
Section 13 | 63 |
Section 14 | 66 |
Section 15 | 69 |
Section 16 | 73 |
Section 17 | 78 |
Section 18 | 82 |
Section 19 | 91 |
Section 20 | 92 |
Section 21 | 93 |
Section 22 | 101 |
Section 31 | 153 |
Section 32 | 155 |
Section 33 | 158 |
Section 34 | 167 |
Section 35 | 170 |
Section 36 | 178 |
Section 37 | 179 |
Section 38 | 181 |
Section 39 | 187 |
Section 40 | 189 |
Section 41 | 206 |
Section 42 | 222 |
Section 43 | 223 |
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