The Black Casket - Hardcover

A general wrongly executed.

Mauro is an Italian architect living in Texas.

Since childhood his Nonno has told him about something dangerous for his family tied to a mysterious black wooden caske hanging high on a wall of the Basilica of

santa Mara lomosa der Mram in venice

How can it be that in a church filled with amazing tombs and celebrated works of art

there is a simnle wooden maket.

For centuries the Venetians have been speculating and gossiping on who is buried inside. Many are convinced it is the body of

he count or armanoa a celebrated

General of the Venetian army, suddenly

accused and executed for treason

His body buried in a simple wooden box to remind everyone how the Kepublic treats

As Mauro becomes more and more obsessed and agitated by the mystery, his niece Costanza travels with him to Venice with her girlfriend Mia

They hope to help him figure something out

so he mav calm down.

But the deeper they dig the more unsettling things become

The story moves continuously from Venice in the 1400s to Venice today

Time and space become one at the end, as Mauro hally fulhills his destiny