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Lent


A Fantasy Novel


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Historical Fantasy,
  • Renaissance Italy,
  • Religious Fantasy
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Renaissance Italy with a supernatural twist
  • Historical figures reimagined with magical abilities
  • Stories where identity and destiny unravel across multiple lives
Publisher Description

The Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award–winning author delivers a magical re-imagining of the man who remade fifteenth-century Florence.

Young Girolamo's life is a series of miracles. It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia.

When Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and—miraculously—convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it. Now, whenever Girolamo preaches, crowds swoon. Despite the Pope's determination to bring young Girolamo to heel, he's still on the loose . . . and running Florence in all but name.

And that's only the beginning. Because Girolamo Savanarola is not who—or what—he thinks he is. He will discover the truth about himself at the most startling time. And this will be only the first of his many lives.

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