Rafe Savaryn is happy.
He's in Venice writing a novel on the Renaissance, enjoying being alone after a devastating divorce.
He's trying to answer the question, what makes societies fail? Then a stunningly beautiful woman walks into his life and leads him on a horrifying journey back to the Dark Ages where the answer to his question is revealed.
He is shocked as he must make a choice no one should have to make.
I won't give away any more of the plot but I will say, Fasten your seat beltIt's a.