Naples Unmasked

<p>An exquisitely written novel set in Renaissance Naples beset with intrigue espionage politics and a bit of dark magic at every turn.</p><p>You've never seen Naples like this.</p><p>Among the lords of the criminal underground is Puozzolino owner of the Good Friday the greatest bordello in Christendom. Its customers can frolic in a recreation of ancient Rome enjoy the pleasures of a real nymph in its gardens or explore darker delights in the witches' cave.</p><p>Despite his success Puozzolino's life is plagued by strife. Entangled in the revenge murder of a nobleman he provokes both Spain's harsh justice and the capo of a rival clan. Puozzolino is too blinded by a love interest to pay much attention to his growing problems: gang warfare a duplicitous adviser and an insane defrocked cardinal who leads a group of hellspawned followers.</p><p>Puozzolino and the rest of the nobles play a dangerous game of false loyalty and open rebellion with their Spanish oppressors while the countless poor have turned the streets into a playground of desperate exuberance. But there is more to fear than politics and poverty in a land where necromancers and demons thrive.</p><p>Struggling against this madness is Puozzolino's jealous lover Putta who tries to keep their lives from falling apart.</p><p>Frank Aversa's Naples is a surrealist Sin City unto itself. It winds through dark European cobblestone alleys narrowly escapes a dragon's claws and flits with the gauzy wings of a sylph. Don't miss your chance to witness the Italian drama of the century.</p>