num_pages: 400
description: Set against the historical reign of the Golden and Iron King Bohemian Gospel is the remarkable tale of a bold and unusual girl on a quest to uncover her past and define her destiny.Thirteenth-century Bohemia is a dangerous place for a girl especially one as odd as Mouse born with unnatural senses and an uncanny intellect. Some call her a witch. Others call her an angel. Even Mouse doesnt know whoor whatshe is. But she means to find out.When young King Ottakar shows up at the Abbey wounded by a traitor's arrow Mouse breaks church law to save him and then agrees to accompany him back to Prague as his personal healer. Caught in the undertow of court politics at the castle Ottakar and Mouse find themselves drawn to each other as they work to uncover the threat against him and to unravel the mystery of her past. But when Mouse's unusual gifts give rise to a violence and strength that surprise everyoneespecially herselfshe is forced to ask herself: Will she be prepared for the future that awaits her?A heart-thumping highly original tale in the vein of Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian Bohemian Gospel heralds the arrival of a fresh new voice for historical fiction.
language: English
title: Bohemian Gospel
publisher: Pegasus