num_pages: 316
description: Following the internationally acclaimed Gold of Kings Storm Syrrell returns in the compelling story of The Black Madonna.Antiques expert Storm Syrrell heads to Europe to investigate the clandestine trade in religious artifacts. She dismisses superstitious tales of miraculous healings and divine omens. Yet when an obsessive Russian oligarch callsjust as her friend Harry Bennett vanishesall assumptions must be cast aside. Storm seeks answers in a medieval monastery. There the scarred visage of an icon provokes ever more startling questions. Is she prepared to confront both earthly and spiritual powers? Storm remains haunted by lessons in love and betrayal that lie just outside her grasp. But hesitation now holds mortal consequences.
language: English
title: The Black Madonna
publisher: Gallery Books