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A young female
poet, a well- known
necromancer, a Queen
and a 2000 year
old, talking, mummified
head in a box are
the protagonists
in this witty, intelligent
page-turner from
Judith Merkle Riley.
The year is 1556
and the setting
is Paris--capital
city to a country
on the brink of
civil war.
Catherine de Medici
is queen, and her
astrologer, the
prophet Nostradamus,
has divined the
secret evil of the
Undying Head of
Menander, the Master
of All Desires.
The Queen wants
to use Menander
to get rid of the
king's mistress,
and a spirited young
poet named Sibille
Artaud de la Roque
is tempted by Menander
to obtain all her
desires.
But only Nostradamus
knows that evil
befalls all who
wish upon this accursed
object.
Can he stop these
determined women
before they unwittingly
destroy the entire
kingdom of France?
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