A young man\'s destined quest becomes a dance with the devil in a mesmerizing Retelling of the Faust Legend by the bestselling author of the Hangman\'s Daughter Tales series.
Now Johann must draw on the skills of his apprenticeship to solve the dark mystery that grips his village in fear and the deepening mystery of his own destiny..
The stars are set to align again.
But with it comes a sinister web of deception and a chilling prophecy.
Taking Johann under his wing, Tonio promises a new world of knowledge and sensations.
The traveling fortune-teller and master of the arcane arts recognizes something extraordinary in the wanderer.
Her only words: "I have seen the devil..."Banished from Knittlingen as cursed, Johann crosses paths with Tonio del Moravia.
Especially in wake of the child disappearances that have left the God-fearing locals trembling and his one true love trapped in terrified catatonia.
But Johann\'s studies and wonder at the sky have made him suspect.
Born under a rare alignment of the stars, Johann Georg Gerlach, "the lucky one" to his mother--is fated for greatness.
Germany, 1494.
It\'s the fifteenth century and only heretics are curious about the universe.
A young man\'s destined quest becomes a dance with the devil in a mesmerizing Retelling of the Faust Legend by the bestselling author of the Hangman\'s Daughter Tales series
