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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... returned to the veranda . All the house lights remained off . She didn't know whether Henry had taken a flashlight with him up the steep bank , but if he had she saw that he wasn't using it to make the climb . Not that he needed it ...
... returned to the veranda . All the house lights remained off . She didn't know whether Henry had taken a flashlight with him up the steep bank , but if he had she saw that he wasn't using it to make the climb . Not that he needed it ...
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... returned to the mountains , however , he was happiest , at least during those early years . With them , he became a different man altogether , came forth from his hermeticism , showed the capacity and even the appetite not just for hard ...
... returned to the mountains , however , he was happiest , at least during those early years . With them , he became a different man altogether , came forth from his hermeticism , showed the capacity and even the appetite not just for hard ...
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... returned home that evening , beat and bewildered by the events of the day . I thought back to Helen's rebuke , how I had caught up with and walked beside her my arms dangling , hers crossed - returning along the river and over the field ...
... returned home that evening , beat and bewildered by the events of the day . I thought back to Helen's rebuke , how I had caught up with and walked beside her my arms dangling , hers crossed - returning along the river and over the field ...
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