Paolo Maranca-Rafaela Narni
                        

1st Award, International Novel Award
1st Award, National Novel Award from the President of Italian Democracy.

Now it seems that the great moment of historic novel in the style of thriller has come, and this work comes to show that it is a small revolution of this certain kind. It refers to unknown historic aspects of Byzantine empire, using the technique of historic flashback and through alternative experiences it reaches out till our days.

The cause is a document that was sent by pope Urbano the Second to the emperor Alexio Komnino the First, which is forged by the empress Irene and accompanied by a strange musical text changes not only the facts but also the course of history.