At the center of the story is Toby O'Dare, known as Lucky the Fox, a notorious contract killer living under various aliases. Once a man of promise, he now exists as a soulless figure, taking orders from a mysterious figure referred to as 'The Right Man.' The narrative begins in present-day Riverside, California, where Lucky finds solace at the Mission Inn, a place where he can drop his disguises. However, he is soon tasked with another assassination assignment. Amidst his grim reality, a mysterious seraph appears, offering him a chance to save lives instead of taking them. Lucky, who grew up in New Orleans with an alcoholic mother and a murdered father, once dreamed of becoming a priest, seeking refuge in rituals, history, and music. Now, he seizes this unexpected opportunity. Transported back to thirteenth-century England, Lucky enters a perilous world where Jews, despised and accused of heinous crimes, live under constant threat. As he navigates this treacherous landscape, his journey unfolds from medieval villages to the cities of London and Paris, evolving into a tale of danger, loyalty, betrayal, selflessness, and love.
Liederen van de Serafijnen Reeks
Deze serie volgt een beruchte huurmoordenaar, bekend als 'Lucky the Fox', wiens leven een dramatische wending neemt wanneer een mysterieuze serafijn hem een kans biedt. In plaats van zijn destructieve pad voort te zetten, wordt hij naar het gevaarlijke 13e-eeuwse Engeland getransporteerd met een kans op verlossing. Zijn reis naar redding ontvouwt zich door middeleeuws Engeland, Londen en Parijs, waar hij geconfronteerd wordt met gevaar, vlucht, loyaliteit, verraad en liefde.


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Anne Rice's extraordinary new novel summons the world of fifteenth-century Rome: a city of beauty and terror, of art and sin. In this extraordinary setting Toby O'Dare, former government assassin, is called upon by the angel Malchiah, to solve a terrible crime of poisoning and to seek out the truth behind the presence of an earthbound restless spirit - a diabolical dybbuk - that is causing chaos in the city. Toby is plunged into the luscious world of the Italian Renaissance, sent to charm and calm this troublesome spirit. But he soon discovers himself in the midst of dark plots and surrounded by a darker and more dangerous threat as the veil of ecclesiastical terror closes in around him. As Toby once again embarks on a powerful journey of atonement, he is reconnected with his own past, with matters light and dark, fierce and tender, with the promise of salvation and with a deeper and richer vision of love.