The Medusa Amulet Author:Robert Masello Benvenuto Cellini—the master artisan of Renaissance Italy: goldsmith, sculptor ... necromancer. Creator of a beautifully carved amulet that was once the proud possession of popes and princes, queens and conquerors. A work of unimaginable power ... and menace. — In this new spine-tingling thriller by Robert Masello, the... more » critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Blood and Ice, the quest to recover a legendary artifact -- and plumb its secrets -- depends upon one man: David Franco, a brilliant but skeptical young scholar at Chicago’s world-renowned Newberry Library.
What begins as a simple investigation quickly spirals into a twisting, turning tale of suspense and intrigue, a race against time that carries Franco across continents and centuries in a desperate search for the ultimate treasure -- and an answer to a riddle that has puzzled mankind since the beginning of time.
Aided only by a beautiful young Florentine with a conspirator’s mind and dark secrets, Franco is soon caught up in a life-and-death struggle from which there is no escape. Relentlessly pursued by deadly assassins and demons of his own, in the end he must confront -- and defeat -- an evil greater than anything conjured in his worst nightmares.« less
Awesome book!! My first Masello novel...now I'm looking into others. Very Dan Brown/Indiana Jones only with mythology undertones rather than religious. Loved it, loved it, loved it!!!