The third book in Golden and Lebbon’s Hidden Cities series is set in Venice, Italy. Professor Geena Hodge is an archaeologist working to recover some of the city’s lost treasures, including Plutarch’s Library. When Geena meets her team—which includes her graduate-student lover, psychic Nico—at the library with a BBC producer in tow, she sees that they’ve uncovered a hidden passage, one that leads to a room that used to be the meeting place of Venice’s famed Council of Ten. When Nico discovers—and shatters—an ancient urn, the chamber floods and a spirit that has been protecting the city for centuries is awakened. Nico is then possessed by Zanco Volpe, a powerful magician who takes Nico all over the city to gather the ingredients needed for a ritual to shield the city from a deadly threat. Worried about her lover, Geena tracks Nico, only to find that the threat Volpe fears has already arrived.
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The third book in Golden and Lebbon’s Hidden Cities series is set in Venice, Italy. Professor Geena Hodge is an archaeologist working to recover some of the city’s lost treasures, including Plutarch’s Library. When Geena meets her team—which includes her graduate-student lover, psychic Nico—at the library with a BBC producer in tow, she sees that they’ve uncovered a hidden passage, one that leads to a room that used to be the meeting place of Venice’s famed Council of Ten. When Nico discovers—and shatters—an ancient urn, the chamber floods and a spirit that has been protecting the city for centuries is awakened. Nico is then possessed by Zanco Volpe, a powerful magician who takes Nico all over the city to gather the ingredients needed for a ritual to shield the city from a deadly threat. Worried about her lover, Geena tracks Nico, only to find that the threat Volpe fears has already arrived.