The Prince's Doom: 4 (Star-Cross'd)

The explosive fourth novel in the Star-Crossd series! Verona has won its war with Padua but lost its war with the stars. Thwarted in his one chance at love the young prodigy Cesco now turns his troubled brilliance to darker purposes embracing a riotous life and challenging not only the lord of Verona and the Church but the stars themselves. Trying desperately to salvage whats left of his spirit for once Pietro Alaghieri welcomes the plots and intrigues of the Veronese court hoping they will shake the young man out of his torpor. But when the first body falls it becomes clear that this new game is deadly one that will doom them all.For anyone who has yet to read Davids novels you are about to hit the literary lottery. Yes hes that good. --Sharon Kay Penman The Sunne In Splendour David Blixt is a master of historical fiction. Dramatic vivid superbly researched this series captures Renaissance Italy in all its heady glamour and lethal intrigue. --C.W. Gortner The Tudor Conspiracy This is one of the most exciting and satisfying reads that I have immersed myself in for a long time. David Blixt is a gem of a writer. --Helen Hollick The Pendragon Chronicles