Book description
Conrad Scalese is a writer of librettos for operas in a world where
music has immense power. In the Church, the sung mass can bring about
actual miracles like healing the sick. Opera is musicodrama, the highest
form of music combined with human emotion, and the results of the
passion it engenders can be nothing short of magical.
In this world of miracles, Conrad is an atheist - he sees the same
phenomena, but sees no need to attribute them to a Deity.. until his
first really successful opera gets the opera-house struck by the
lightning bolt of God's disapproval...
...And Conrad comes to the attention of the Prince's Men, a powerful
secret society, who are trying to use the magic of music to their own
ends - in this case, an apocalyptic blood sacrifice.
Life is about to get interesting for Conrad. Mary Gentle is one of
the world's most acclaimed writers of fantasy and science fiction. She
has a number of academic degrees, including an MA in War Studies, and
has hands-on experience of sword-fighting and armour, amongst many other
useful talents. She lives in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
