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Blood of the lamb : a novel of secrets / Sam Cabot.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Blue Rider Press, A member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2013Description: 413 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 039916295X (hbk.)
  • 9780399162954 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "'This document, dear friend, will shatter the Church'-- Reading these words in a letter in a dusty archive, Thomas Kelly is skeptical. The papers to which they refer have vanished, but Father Kelly, a Jesuit priest, doubts anything could ever have had that power-- until the Vatican suddenly calls him to Rome to begin a desperate search for that very document. Meanwhile, standing before a council of her people, Livia Pietro receives instructions: she must find a Jesuit priest recently arrived in Rome, and join his search for a document that contains a secret so shocking it has the power to destroy not only the Catholic Church, but Livia's people as well. As cryptic messages from the past throw Thomas and Livia into a treacherous world of art, religion, and conspiracy, they are pursued by those who would cross any line to obtain the document for themselves. Thomas and Livia must race to stop the chaos and destruction that the revelation of these secrets would create. Livia, though, has a secret of her own: She and her people are vampires" -- from publisher's web site.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Cabot Sam SE 1 Available 33111007167030
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

When in Rome, American Jesuit priest Thomas Kelly is asked to reclaim an ancient document stolen from the Vatican. An enigmatic letter guides him to the work of a ninteenth century poet, where Thomas discovers cryptic messages that lead to the missing manuscript. His search is entwined with that of an Italian art historian Livia Pietro, who tells him someone is trying to expose the document's contents. As the two are chased through Rome, they realise they hold a devastating, long buried truth. Livia has a secret of her own though, she is a vampire.

"'This document, dear friend, will shatter the Church'-- Reading these words in a letter in a dusty archive, Thomas Kelly is skeptical. The papers to which they refer have vanished, but Father Kelly, a Jesuit priest, doubts anything could ever have had that power-- until the Vatican suddenly calls him to Rome to begin a desperate search for that very document. Meanwhile, standing before a council of her people, Livia Pietro receives instructions: she must find a Jesuit priest recently arrived in Rome, and join his search for a document that contains a secret so shocking it has the power to destroy not only the Catholic Church, but Livia's people as well. As cryptic messages from the past throw Thomas and Livia into a treacherous world of art, religion, and conspiracy, they are pursued by those who would cross any line to obtain the document for themselves. Thomas and Livia must race to stop the chaos and destruction that the revelation of these secrets would create. Livia, though, has a secret of her own: She and her people are vampires" -- from publisher's web site.

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