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When a fire rips through the Venetian Arsenal in1569, the enigmatic Emanuele De Zante, spy-catcher and secretagent, is betrayed by his lover, imprisoned, and accusedof treason. Given the chance to escape, he embarks on a trans-European odyssey that will test his loyalty and force him to question even hisown identity.
Through a series of deadly political games leading all the way to the Sultanspalace in Constantinople, De Zante and his companions spiral headfirsttoward a conflict in which the great empires of the Republic of Venice and theOttomans threaten the very foundations of civilization.
