The Devil Will Come
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3.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Elisabetta Celestino, a brilliant young archaeologist at work in Rome’s ancient catacombs, has discovered a unique pattern of astrological symbols on an underground wall. She feels sure that evidence of a previously unknown pre-Christian sect lies in an adjacent chamber, and is devastated when the Vatican refuses to support her excavation effort.
Ten years later, a cave-in damages the vault, revealing a chamber full of human skeletons that share a disturbing anatomical feature. Elisabetta has joined an Augustinian order following the tragic end of her academic career, but unexpectedly finds herself in a race to solve the secret of the catacomb and prevent an apocalyptic event that threatens the future of humankind.
Moving between present-day Europe, 1st-century Rome and Elizabethan England, The Devil Will Come is an exhilarating tale of a battle between the forces of good and evil that has been fought in the shadows through the centuries and across continents—and that both sides are willing to kill to keep secret.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a suitably ominous prelude to this imaginative thriller set in 1139 C.E. Rome, Bishop Malachy observes an unusual celestial event known as the Devil's Tail, leading him to prophesy that, after 112 more popes, the world will end. In 2000, Elisabetta Celestino survives a murderous assault in Rome, carried out by a man with a tail. In response, she becomes a nun, but 12 years later she leaves her convent when a former professor asks her to help him explore some catacombs that may contain ancient astrological symbols she could decipher. To her shock, what she finds instead are the skeletal remains of almost 100 human bodies, all with bony tails. Cooper prolongs the suspense of the modern-day plot with flashbacks that portray the Emperor Nero and playwright Christopher Marlowe in surprising ways, which provide novel explanations for the burning of Rome and Marlowe's murder. An interesting variation on a familiar theme. (BookLife)
