Venezia

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Escaped from pirates' clutches Lucilla servant to the merchant Ximeno and her friend Ademara a runaway convent dweller are reunited after a year's separation when Lucilla accompanies Master Ximeno on his trade mission along the Illyrian Coast and ultimately to Constantinople. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Set in early medieval Venice and Byzantium the gateway between Europe and Asia the nexus of two clashing civilizations the sequel to </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Venezia: The Talisman</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Venezia: The Shaman's Quest</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> finds Ademara and Lucilla caught once again in an intrigue driven by vile duplicitous people lusting for power and wealth. In a gesture of bravery Lucilla exchanges her freedom for Ademara's. Then Ademara and her lover Bartolo journey east seeking Bartolo's mother the Shaman from whom he was separated by vicious marauders. Lucilla is taken by ship on the stunningly blue Adriatic Sea to the glorious Byzantine capital Constantinople where she is thrust into a challenging adventure of love betrayal and self-discovery.</span></p>