Giovanni's GiftImagine a scene of rural serenity, a night scene. Above the mountains surrounding this faraway place, the stars are a menagerie of silver flickering motes. Imagine a solitary ranch, a man and a woman asleep. It would be hard to fathom a purer vision of people at peace in the natural world. Who could foresee that this tranquility would be so brutally shattered by the night visitors? When Grant hears of the campaign of malice being waged against his only living relatives, he abandons Rome and a crumbling marriage to do what he can to help them. His brash confidence is quickly bruised as the night visits escalate in violence, and the death of Giovanni Trentas, a dear family friend found mutilated in a gorge above the ranch, takes on new meaning. When his aunt presents him with Giovanni's legacy - an old cigar box filled with letters, photos, and seemingly random knick-knacks - Grant finds himself in possession of a puzzle that might hold the answers to much more than Giovanni's death. Grant's unfolding passion for Giovanni's daughter, Helen, forces him to choose between loyalty and love as the night terrors come to their catastrophic end. |
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... leave the misspelled name of her dead father in the di- rectory , and hesitated before I dialed . Where are you ? I could almost hear her voice asking me . Can I come over ? I would ask . But then , rather than hearing , Of course ...
... leave the misspelled name of her dead father in the di- rectory , and hesitated before I dialed . Where are you ? I could almost hear her voice asking me . Can I come over ? I would ask . But then , rather than hearing , Of course ...
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... leave this place ? " She came and sat close . " That's quite a non sequitur . " " Want to hear another ? " " Outside ... leave , but two , I know that one day I will . It's a matter of figuring out what direction to go when I do decide ...
... leave this place ? " She came and sat close . " That's quite a non sequitur . " " Want to hear another ? " " Outside ... leave , but two , I know that one day I will . It's a matter of figuring out what direction to go when I do decide ...
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... leave that box in Epimetheus ' house - in Hawthorne's version of the myth - of a world with no danger , nor trouble ... leaves , Ver- dadeiro papel Francez , as well as the Prince Alberts , wondering whether he would simply use them ...
... leave that box in Epimetheus ' house - in Hawthorne's version of the myth - of a world with no danger , nor trouble ... leaves , Ver- dadeiro papel Francez , as well as the Prince Alberts , wondering whether he would simply use them ...
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