The Medusa Amulet
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (542 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01BYTT7B8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 169 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Medusa gets ugly by the end A. Alvarez I was sadly disappointed. This type of book is right in my wheelhouse. The premise itself revolves around mysticism and some elements that alone stretch the imagination. That's not so badworks of fiction, especially this genre do that, and I can buy into that. But by the final chapters of the book, some of the characters introduced just pushed the plot over the top. Specifically, the "monster" was too much to accept - it smacked of "everything but the kitchen sink". Also, the anti-climactic ending . More please Mhdoc8 I read Vigil - awesome; tried to get through Bestial - awful. I was a little leery that this one would be a repeat of the doldrums of Bestial - not so much. It had a little bit of everything - mystery, supernatural, historical fiction, suspense and just a tad of a love story angle. I found myself really wanting to get back to the book at any free moment. I'd attempt to put it away and it would throw me for a loop. Pretty excited to see what "Romanov" has to offer. I hope he continues to write like . One of the better books I've read in the last year The Medusa Amulet was the first Masello book I've read, but it won't be the last.This was a very enjoyable book, with well developed characters and two interesting, intertwined story lines. Masello weaves together the present day story of David Franco, who is searching for a previously unknown work of art, the Medusa Amulet, created by renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini. His motivation is both money and more importantly, a possible reprieve for his terminally ill sister. The book also traces the
Now the quest to recover this legendary artifact depends upon one man: David Franco, a brilliant but skeptical young scholar at Chicago's world-renowned Newberry Library. Benvenuto Cellini, master artisan of Renaissance Italy, once crafted a beautiful amulet prized for its unimaginable power - and untold menace. What begins as a simple investigation spirals into a tale of dangerous intrigue as Franco races from the châteaux of France to the palazzos of Rome in a desperate search for the ultimate treasure and an answer to a riddle that has puzzled mankind sin