Toby O'Dare, antiguo sicario del gobierno, es invocado por el ángel Malaquías a la Roma del siglo XV, la ciudad de Miguel Ángel y de Rafael, de León X y de la Santa Inquisición, para resolver un terrible delito de envenenamiento y descubrir los secretos de un espíritu inquieto atrapado en la tierra, un diabólico dybbuk. Toby se ve arrastrado a esta esplendorosa época como un intérprete de laúd que ha sido enviado para encandilar y apaciguar a este molesto espíritu.
En pleno esplendor del Renacimiento italiano, Toby no tarda en verse en medio de siniestros complots, rodeado por una amenaza aún más oscura y peligrosa que cuando el velo del terror eclesiástico se cierne sobre él. y cuando una vez más se embarca en un poderoso viaje de expiación, conecta de nuevo con su pasado, con los asuntos de la luz y la oscuridad, la ferocidad y la ternura, con la promesa de la salvación y con una visión de amor más profunda e intensa.

Just love the concept...and love her writing. Ending was interesting and clearly there will be another book. Clearly shows the incredible persecution of the Jews in the Middle Ages. Old time Catholicism which is dated...wish she could have put a more Jesuit spin to it.

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I enjoyed the historical aspect of the story when Toby visits Rome. But, I really wasn't interested in the rest of the story. I think what I liked most were the descriptions of Rome, because the rest of the story fit too easily together. Toby arrives and everything magically seemed to fall into place perfectly. I struggled to keep my attention on the story. ( )

anne rice still does angels and assassins well. ( )

The flow in Anne Rice’s style of writing never ceases to impress. This relatively short book took only a couple of hours to read. If anything I would have like the story to have been a bit longer and somewhat less clear-cut. I have not read Angel Time (the first book of the series), however, Anne Rice has provided enough background information within the story to cope with this.

Overall, I have enjoyed this book. The theological subject is thought provoking without being overbearing. ( )