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020			_a1597802190 (pbk.)
020			_a9781597802192 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)769472706
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099			_aGentle _aMar
100	1		_aGentle, Mary. _9209058
245	1	4	_aThe black opera : _ba novel of opera, volcanoes, and the mind of God / _cMary Gentle.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aSan Francisco, CA : _bNight Shade Books, _cc2012.
300			_a515 p. ; _c23 cm.
520			_a"Naples, the 19th Century. In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, holy music has power. Under the auspices of the Church, the Sung Mass can bring about actual miracles like healing the sick or raising the dead. But some believe that the musicodramma of grand opera can also work magic by channeling powerful emotions into something sublime. Now the Prince's Men, a secret society, hope to stage their own black opera to empower the Devil himself - and change Creation for the better! Conrad Scalese is a struggling librettist whose latest opera has landed him in trouble with the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Rescued by King Ferdinand II, Conrad finds himself recruited to write and stage a counter opera that will, hopefully, cancel out the apocalyptic threat of the black opera, provided the Prince's Men, and their spies and saboteurs, don't get to him first. And he only has six weeks to do it."-- P. [4] of cover.
651		0	_aNaples (Italy) _xHistory _y19th century _vFiction. _9209059
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd _9683
942			_cBOOK _013
994			_aC0 _bNFG
997			_aGentle Mar
998			_a007158672
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