Chartreuse

Historically Founded On A Sixteenth Century AlchemistS Elixir Of Long Life (And The Basis For The French Liqueur) Chartreuse Is A Story Of Supernatural Transformation; Of The ElixirS Ingredients On Which A PopeS Life Rests; Of A Young ManS Destiny And The Chain Of World Events That Lead To His Final Wrenching Choice.. The Central Character Blaise Is Summoned To Switzerland Once He Learns He Has Inherited A Parchment Containing The Recipe For Nothing Less Than The Elixir Of Life. HeS Directed To A Distiller In The French Countryside A Carthusian Monk At La Grande Chartreuse For He Alone Knows How \To Execute The Formula To The Greater Glory Of God And Humanity.\ . At The Same Time Someone Wants The Pope Dead And Has Infected Him With A Fatal Disease. So The Race Is On: To Save The Pope; To See Which Woman Will Accompany Blaise During His Travails His Current Lover Or A Flame From His Past; To Discover If The Culprit Can Keep The Elixir From Reaching The Vatican.. Chartreuse Is Fast-Paced Without Being Frantic. And Yet In The Drawing Power Of The PlotS Twists And Turns So Much More Than A Plot Goes On: A Romance A Thriller A Source Book Of Homeopathy Miraculous Events A Spiritual Journey. ItS A Search For A Cure; A Search For A Moral Code; A Search For Identity. With Chartreuse Joseph Roccasalvo Has Written A Novel About The Sacred And The Profane A Contemporary Symbol Of Our 21St Century Lives.