Authors: Pablo De Santis
ISBN-13: 9780061479885, ISBN-10: 0061479888
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: October 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)
A journalist and comic-strip creator who became editor in chief of one of Argentinas leading comics magazines, Pablo De Santis is the author of six critically acclaimed novels, one work of nonfiction, and a number of books for young adults. His works have been published in more than twenty countries. He lives in Buenos Aires.
Dalessius is twenty when he comes to work for one of the Enlightenments most famous minds, the author and philosopher Voltaire. As the great mans calligrapher, Dalessius becomes witness to many wondersand finds himself in the middle of a secret battle between the malevolent remnants of the all-but-dead Dark Ages and the progressive elements of the modern age. The calligraphers role in this shadowy conflict will carry him to many perilous places through the gates of sinister castles and to the doors of a bizarre bordello; toward life-and death confrontations with inventive henchmen, ingenious mechanical execution devices, poisonous fish, and murderous automatons. As the conspiracy to halt the Enlightenments astonishing progress intensifies, young Dalessiuss courageas well as Voltaires unique cunning and witare put to the ultimate test as they strive to ensure the survival of the future.