The Ancestor (9780062912770)
Paperback 384 pages English April 13, 2021
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"A lushly written, dream-like modern gothic with asmany dark turns and twists as the Montebianco family tree has branches. Welcometo the family." - Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of Survivor SongAfter a DNA test reveals that Alberta "Bert" Monteis the sole heir of a wealthy noble family in the Italian Alps, she leaves NewYork to visit the family estate: Montebianco Castle, a centuries-old compoundisolated in the mountains. What appeared to be a fairy tale inheritance, however, soon turns into a nightmare as Bert begins to uncover the dark legacyof her family: the truth about the abandoned village at the base of the castle;the whispers of stolen children; and the rumors of a legendary monster in themountains. As Bert unravels the truth, she learns that her true inheritancelies not in a noble title or ancestral treasures, but in her very genes, andnow she must choose between preserving a secret centuries in the keeping orabandoning it forever."Vivid and uncanny...makes the most of Trussoni's signatureblend of science, myth, and mystery." --Deborah Harkness, bestselling author of A Discoveryof Witches"Inventiveand entertaining." -- People"AGothic Extravaganza." --Kirkus
- Author:
- Danielle Trussoni
- Publisher:
- Custom House
- Publication Date:
- April 13, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 384 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0062912771
- ISBN-13:
- 9780062912770