Siciliana

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A family torn apart by conflict.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>An uprising of deadly magnitude.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A nation altered forever.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Inspired by actual events </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Siciliana</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the harrowing tale of a young woman's courage in the face of unthinkable turmoil.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In 1282 AD the Kingdom of Sicily is under the rule of a tyrannical French king and subject to his brutal Angevin army. Daily acts of violence and persecution are commonplace in a once-prosperous realm.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For twenty-year-old Aetna Vespiri daughter of a revered Sicilian knight survival has become second nature. As a child she witnessed the destruction of her family's vineyard by Angevin soldiers and spent the next decade learning the tenets of stiletto-blade combat.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Years later in Palermo as the evening bells toll for Vespers Aetna fends off a nefarious sergeant and sparks an uprising against the Angevin occupation. Now standing at the forefront of an accelerating people's rebellion Aetna finds herself fighting not only for a nation she believes in but also for the meaning of family. In her darkest hour this dauntless Sicilian woman steps out of obscurity and into the pages of history.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The legend of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Siciliana</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is born.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Set amid bustling Arab markets and brooding Norman fortresses </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Siciliana</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> will envelop readers in the sights sounds and dangers lurking around every corner of medieval Sicily.</span></p>