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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book will take you on the adventure of a lifetime. The past and present meet in an exciting, thrilling and suspenseful tale of love, power and a touch of magic. Rob Samborn has a true talent for transporting the reader. The historical and accurate details alone are worth the read, but I promise you- you will stay for the story, the characters and the masterpiece that is “The Prisoner of Paradise”. ( ) After receiving a head injury while playing hockey Nick and his wife Julia are off to Venice for a romantic vacation and to potentially book Julia an art gallery showing. While visiting the Doge's Palace, Nick is entranced by Tintoretto's painting, Paradise. While looking at the masterpiece, Nick hears a voice of a woman speaking to him from the painting. He tries to shake the voice, but after Nick is run out of the Doge's Palace, can suddenly understand Venetian, finds that the name of the woman that he heard was a real person and is having memories of a past life, Nick can't deny the voice is real and Julia knows there is more to the painting. As Nick and Julia uncover secrets, they draw the attention of a powerful and secret Venetian Order that wants them out of the picture. The Prisoner of Paradise is a fast paced thriller connecting past and present through one of the largest canvas paintings, Paradise. From the beginning, I was engrossed in the story as Isabella was pulled away from her soulmate, Angelo in 1589. In the present, Nick and Julia's story took a little more time to get into as they explored Venice and introduced some of the members of the Order. I loved the vivid descriptions of Venice that were able to transport me to the colorful alleyways and canal system. I was fascinated by the Order with their combination of religions, belief in the justification of their actions, knowledge of the afterlife, and use of the painting to trap souls. The danger and suspense grew slowly throughout the story until the very end as Nick and Julia uncovered more secrets. The ending of the story left many more questions to be answered with the promise of a sequel that I will definitely be reading. This book was received for free in return for an honest review. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. If you enjoy books like Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark, then The Prisoner of Paradise by Rob Samborn is a book I think you will like. It has an ancient mystery, a secret society that exists to the present day that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets and power, and the common man/woman characters that get caught up in the plot.
A mysterious painting. An ancient Order. A love that transcends time. Rob Samborn’s The Prisoner of Paradise is an immersive, otherworldly tale of forbidden love, a dangerous brotherhood, and a most unusual purgatory. Spanning four centuries from Renaissance Venice to modern-day, Samborn invites his readers to unravel a vast conspiracy of secrets, murder, and trapped souls, in this rousing and thought-provoking thriller perfect for fans of Dan Brown. This book truly has it all: action, adventure, history, romance, and mystery. It's one that you'll think about long after you finish reading and one that would make a phenomenal movie. I can't recommend it enough, and book two can't come out soon enough. Rob Samborn is a writer to watch! Rob Samborn’s imaginative thriller, THE PRISONER OF PARADISE, masterfully immerses the reader in Venice’s classical art world, from a high-society black-tie gala in the Doge’s Palace to a fascinating artist’s studio. I breathlessly followed the young American couple as they discovered that, as in Tintoretto’s monumental painting “Paradise,” political power, spirituality and beauty are not constrained by Earthly boundaries, not even by time.
The world's largest oil painting. A 400-year-old murder. A disembodied whisper: "Amore mio." My love. Nick and Julia O'Connor's dream trip to Venice collapses when a haunting voice reaches out to Nick from Tintoretto's Paradise, a monumental depiction of Heaven. Convinced his delusions are the result of a concussion, Julia insists her husband see a doctor, though Nick is adamant the voice was real. Blacking out in the museum, Nick flashes back to a life as a 16th century Venetian peasant swordsman. He recalls precisely who the voice belongs to: Isabella Scalfini, a married aristocrat he was tasked to seduce but with whom he instead found true love. A love stolen from them hundreds of years prior. She implores Nick to liberate her from a powerful order of religious vigilantes who judge and sentence souls to the canvas for eternity. Releasing Isabella also means unleashing thousands of other imprisoned souls, all of which the order claims are evil. As infatuation with a possible hallucination clouds his commitment to a present-day wife, Nick's past self takes over. Wracked with guilt, he can no longer allow Isabella to remain tormented, despite the consequences. He must right an age-old wrong - destroy the painting and free his soul mate. But the order will eradicate anyone who threatens their ethereal prison and their control over Venice. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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