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The Creator's Map
Written by Emilio Calderon
Narrated by Tony Chiroldes
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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As Fascism rises and falls, a Spanish architect, a young librarian, and an Italian prince are entangled in a web of passion and espionage.
Rome, 1952. Like all of Europe, Spanish architect Jose Maria struggles to recover from the chaos of the past fifteen years. Then one day he learns about the mysterious death by decapitation of an old acquaintance. Memories rush back-and the story moves back in time to 1937.
Fascism is on the rise. Jose and his wife Montse wait out the Spanish Civil War at the Spanish Academy in Rome. When they sell an ancient text found in the Academy's forgotten archive, they become embroiled in a Nazi plot to collect mystical artifacts for the practice of the black arts. Most coveted by the Führer himself: The Creator's Map, a document showing the power centers of the universe, said to be traced by God's own hand.
Enter a sinister Italian prince with dark plans of his own and the stage is set for a tale of political intrigue, romantic entanglements, deceit, and divided loyalties, rich with historical detail and 1940s noir suspense.
Rome, 1952. Like all of Europe, Spanish architect Jose Maria struggles to recover from the chaos of the past fifteen years. Then one day he learns about the mysterious death by decapitation of an old acquaintance. Memories rush back-and the story moves back in time to 1937.
Fascism is on the rise. Jose and his wife Montse wait out the Spanish Civil War at the Spanish Academy in Rome. When they sell an ancient text found in the Academy's forgotten archive, they become embroiled in a Nazi plot to collect mystical artifacts for the practice of the black arts. Most coveted by the Führer himself: The Creator's Map, a document showing the power centers of the universe, said to be traced by God's own hand.
Enter a sinister Italian prince with dark plans of his own and the stage is set for a tale of political intrigue, romantic entanglements, deceit, and divided loyalties, rich with historical detail and 1940s noir suspense.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHighbridge Company
TranslatorKatherine Silver
Release dateJul 17, 2008
ISBN9781598876512
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A lot of research went into this book! There's a great sense of of the WWII setting in Rome b/c of this and the writing style is mature as well. What I didn't like is that the plot overreaches and some twists are really important and others are just distracting. It isn't until the end that I realized what questions the reader should really be asking, What are Monse's real intentions? What is Prince Junio's real identity? Not, What really is the Creator's Map? Anyhow, I can't say I didn't learn something!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This started out a little slow, but it quickly picked up momentum about a quarter of the way through. A politically apathetic Spanish student living in Rome falls in love, finds himself inadvertently and unwillingly involved in spy networks around the late 1930s when Hitler starts to gain momentum in Europe.The fictitious Creator's Map, supposedly written by God himself, identifying the location of a central source of power seemed rather incidental to the story. As were the side references to other 'holy' relics sought by the Nazis.What drew me was the very clever twists in the plot and the nervous tension with which the author managed to grip the reader in. There were good historical references of the SS activities and atrocities in Italy and the part Mussolini played in the downfall of the country. The final chapter was a surprise and threw out all the assumptions I had made about the characters and situation at the start of the book.A most enjoyable read.