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by Jon Fasman Young journalist, Paul Tomm, sets out to write the obituary of a professor who died in his office at Paul's alma mater. The professor is Juan Puhapaer, an Estonian who was a terrible teacher. The coroner handling the autopsy is killed in what is assumed to be a freak accident. A professor friend of Paul's, a policeman and a curious editor all begin to investigate what really happened to Juan, whose death seems out of the ordinary. Tomm's discovery leads him to a lovely woman, a network of international smugglers and a hidden alchemical library. He learns of a collection of priceless objects which were stolen from the library of the court of Roge of Sicily in Palermo in 1145. These objects were scattered and recollected years later. The stories of these fifteen precious objects each span several centuries.. Their stories are told in a variety of voices...some of which may hold the secret of eternal life. This is a very complicated plot which traces the intriguing history of these fifteen objects and their affect on the lives of the men (or women) they touched. The sense of history is great. The various characters are made alive and real. The concept of the story is intriguing, leaving the reader with a few questions of his own. |
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