The Medusa Amulet

Florence 1538

Artist Benvenuto Cellini creates the Medusa Amulet: a work of unimaginable power - and menace. The amulet can grant immortality to any who stare into it on a moonlit night, but it soon falls into the wrong hands.

Chicago, the present day

Art historian David Franco's beloved sister Sarah is dying. When a mysterious widow offers him a million dollars to find the legendary amulet, David seizes the chance to pay off Sarah's medical bills - and offer her a chance of survival.

The result is a desperate race against time that will take him across centuries and continents, from American archives to Renaissance courts, from the ramparts of the French Revolution to the dark depths of the Nazi party.

And there are others who have heard of the amulet's powers and they will stop at nothing to find it...

Robert Masello is an award-winning journalist, television writer, and the author of many previous books, most recentlyBlood and Ice.His articles and essays have appeared often in such publications as theLos Angeles Times, New York Magazine,PeopleandParade, and his nonfiction book,Robert's Rules of Writing, has become a staple in many college classrooms. His television credits include such popular shows asCharmed,SlidersandEarly Edition. He lives in Santa Monica, CA.

A deadly race with eternal life as the prize, The Medusa Amulet is a brilliant thriller with an historical and paranormal edge from the author of Blood and Ice - perfect for lovers of The Da Vinci Code