Daniela Piazza

The last known Visconti, ruling family of Milan, Italy is dying. He has no known surviving male children. On his death bed, he reveals to Onorio, a druidic priest, that he does have an illegitimate male heir. Problem is, this male child is barely old enough to walk. Onorio, and the other druidic priests take the child, Niccolo, in and raise him themselves, not revealing to anyone who the child truly is. The priests are also in the process of building the Temple of Light. As Niccolo grows, he learns the secrets of those he thinks of as family, makes some very odd friendships, and learns who he truly is. This novel follows his life into adulthood and all the trials and tribulations, plots and counterplots, etc.

While i did come to enjoy this book, I found it difficult to follow at times. There are numerous characters with the name Maria, or possibly Maria being used as a title that I was confused at times. Once the things that seemed to be completely out of context started to come together and make sense, I had an easier time following the plot and characters. If you are an aficionado of Italian history or druidic history, you may very well enjoy this novel.… (más)