Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood welcomes local author Robert Masello to the store to celebrate the publication of his latest novel, The Romanov Cross on Sunday, March 10th at 3pm.
The Romanov Cross is at once an alternate take on one of history's most
profound mysteries, a love story as unlikely as it is inevitable, and a
thriller of heart-stopping, supernatural suspense. With his signature
blend of fascinating history and fantastic imagination, critically
acclaimed author Robert Masello has once again crafted a terrifying
story of past events coming back to haunt the present day, and, of dark
deeds aching to be unearthed. Nearly one hundred years ago, a desperate young woman crawled ashore on a desolate arctic island, carrying a terrible secret and a mysterious, emerald-encrusted cross. A century later, acts of man, nature, and history converge on that same forbidding shore with a power sufficient to shatter civilization as we know it.
Army epidemiologist Frank Slater is facing a court-martial, but after his punishment is mysteriously lifted, Slater is offered a job no one else wants--to travel to a small island off the coast of Alaska and investigate a potentially lethal phenomenon: The permafrost has begun to melt, exposing bodies from a colony that was wiped out by the dreaded Spanish flu of 1918. Frank must determine if the thawed remains still carry the deadly virus in their frozen flesh and, if so, ensure that it doesn't come back to life.
Frank and his handpicked team arrive by helicopter, loaded down with high-tech tools, prepared to exhume history. The colony, it transpires, was once settled by a sect devoted to the mad Russian monk Rasputin, and there are more secrets in the past than Frank anticipated. Any hope of success hinges on their willingness to accept the fact that even their cutting-edge science has its limits--and that the ancient wisdom of the Inuit people who once inhabited this eerie land is as essential as any serum. By the time Frank discovers that his mission has been compromised--crashed by a gang of reckless treasure hunters--he will be in a brutal race against time. With a young, strong-willed Inuit woman by his side, Frank must put a deadly genie back in the bottle before all of humanity pays the price.
Robert
Masello is an award-winning journalist, television writer, the
author of many other books, most recently the supernatural thrillers
Vigil and Bestiary.
His articles and essays have appeared often in such publications as the
Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, People, and Parade, and his
nonfiction book, Robert's Rules of Writing, has become a staple in
many college classrooms. A longstanding
member of the Writers Guild of America, he lives in Santa Monica,
California.
Location:
Street:
Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood
Additional:
Brentwood Country Mart - 225 26th Street, Suite 33
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