Böcker av Pam Vause

Reaching back through several centuries prior to the Reformation, there lived in the Alphine valleys of northern Italy a race of stalwart people. The Waldenses were condemned as troublemakers of the state. Despite their daily bloody decimation for being heretics by Pope Innocent VIII, and being pursued by papal soldiers bent on their extermination, they continued to train their youth to leave for foreign countries, thus scattering their seed of reformation.Pietro and his mates train as doctors at the top universality in Florence and now Pietro is offered a position as head of medicine at the prestigious hospital in the rich center of the city. Pietro accepts his new position. But soon after arriving in Florence, he falls in with old school buddies who themselves have become Generals and Dukes, belonging to the very elite of the glitzy town. Pietro unknowingly catches the eye of the Pope. The Pope issues his bull for Pietro's extermination, but how was he going to do this while Pietro was under the Duke's protection? Then Pietro visits Rome for his friend Gerardo's wedding, placing himself in great danger. He is watched, caught and taken to the martyr-pyre.

Lorenzo Medici, Duke of Florenze, employed Pietro as the city's medical practitioner. At the grand ball Pietro watched his friend Gerardo glide by with a beautiful Signorina. They twirled and whirled with the music, totally mesmerized with each other. The Pope watched Pietro. He knew he was a Waldensian youth, trained to spread Bible seeds of reformation wherever he went. The Pope issued his bull for Pietro's extermination, but how was he going to do this while Pietro was under the Duke's protection? THEN Pietro visited Rome for Gerardo's wedding, placing himself in great danger. He was caught and taken to the martyr-pile.

Pietro is traveling with his younger brother, Marco, from Borgata Cyrus to the Torino markets to sell their crops when he learns the Pope is placing soldiers around the borders of the villages on the plains. After Pietro races home to warn his people, he then heads back to Torino and to a new destiny.Soon the famous Duke of Florence, Lorenzo de Medici, employs Pietro as the city's medical practitioner. One evening while attending the grand ball, Pietro watches his friend glide by with a beautiful signorina while the Pope watches him. The man responsible for the slaughter of Pietro's people knows he is a Waldensian youth trained to spread seeds of reformation wherever he goes. After the Pope issues his bull for Pietro's extermination, now all he has to do is determine how to carry out the mission while Pietro is under the Duke's protection.In this historical thriller, a young Waldensian rebel sets out on a mission to save his people from a Pope determined to exterminate them forever.