Although Milena has created the fairies for her own ends, some of the Folk, as fey and dangerous as any in legend, have other ideas about their destiny. Review by Rodger Turner. In a grim, early age of artists, princes, and philosophers, a struggling painter follows his angel through the twisting, soot-stained streets of 16th century Florence. But, on the eve of the Medici Pope's visit, an assassin has murdered an assistant to the immortal Raphael, the city's most renowned personage. It is a crime that draws Pasquale, a young artist, and the brilliant, alcoholic investigative reporter Niccolo Machiavegli into the deepest shadows of the steam-driven city.
More deaths are sure to follow.
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