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As the witch-pyres of the Spanish Inquisition blanket Renaissance Europe in a moral haze, a young African slave finds herself the unwilling apprentice of an ancient necromancer. Unfortunately, quitting his company proves even more hazardous than remaining his pupil when she is afflicted with a terrible curse. Yet salvation may lie in a mysterious tome her tutor has hidden somewhere on the war-torn continent.She sets out on a seemingly impossible journey to find the book, never suspecting her fate is tied to three the artist Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, the alchemist Dr. Paracelsus, and a gun-slinging Dutch mercenary. As Manuel paints her macabre story on canvas, plank, and church wall, the young apprentice becomes increasingly aware that death might be the least of her concerns.
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The Enterprise of Death, Jesse Bullington
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- Released
- 2011
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jesse Bullington
- Publisher
- Orbit
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN10
- 0316087343
- ISBN13
- 9780316087346
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Friendship, Horror, LGBTQ+, American Literature, Death, Science Fantasy, Witches, Historical Fantasy, Supernatural Horror, Cannibalism, Black Magic, 15th-16th Century, Necromancy, Sexual Deviations, Turn of the 15th and 16th Century
- First published
- 2011
- Original title
- The Enterprise of Death
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- As the witch-pyres of the Spanish Inquisition blanket Renaissance Europe in a moral haze, a young African slave finds herself the unwilling apprentice of an ancient necromancer. Unfortunately, quitting his company proves even more hazardous than remaining his pupil when she is afflicted with a terrible curse. Yet salvation may lie in a mysterious tome her tutor has hidden somewhere on the war-torn continent.She sets out on a seemingly impossible journey to find the book, never suspecting her fate is tied to three the artist Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, the alchemist Dr. Paracelsus, and a gun-slinging Dutch mercenary. As Manuel paints her macabre story on canvas, plank, and church wall, the young apprentice becomes increasingly aware that death might be the least of her concerns.