Title: Race of scorpions
Description: This is the third book in the *House of Niccolo* series. Set in 15th-century Cyprus, this novel continues the saga of Nicholas van der Poel, international mercenary who started out as a dyer's apprentice, as he plays for the highest stakes with the greatest super-powers in Europe.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Merchants, Nicholas Vander Poele (Fictitious character), Adventure stories, Fifteenth century, Italy, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, action & adventure, Belgium, fiction, Vander poele, nicholas (fictitious character), fiction
Places: Italy, Europe, Cyprus, Belgium, Flanders (Belgium)
Time periods: 15th century, Venetian rule, 1474-1570, To 1555