Ancient sorcery. Magic gemstones. Only one woman can save a city in ruins

1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift harnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick. But when word spread of her unusual abilities, she was condemned as a witch and banished.

Now the same men who expelled Ginevra are begging for her return. Ginevra obliges, assuming the city s leaders are finally ready to accept her unorthodox cures amid a pandemic. But upon arrival, she is tasked with a much different she must use her collection of jewels to track down a ruthless thief who is ransacking Florence s churches for priceless relics the city s only hope for protection. If she succeeds, she ll be a recognized physician and never accused of witchcraft again. But as her investigation progresses, Ginevra discovers she s merely a pawn in a much larger scheme than the one she s been hired to solve. And the dangerous men behind this conspiracy won t think twice about killing a stone witch to get what they want

Format Häftad Omfång 384 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Harper Collins USA Utgivningsdatum 2024-10-08 ISBN 9780778387381