A Brightness Long Ago

In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life, in international bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work set in a world evoking early, Renaissance Italy.

As the son of a tailor, Danio Cerra rose far beyond his station when he took service at the court of a ruling count — and soon learned why the man was known as the Beast. But his fate changed the moment he recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chamber one autumn night, intending to kill.

Born to power, Adria had chosen, instead of a life of comfort, one of danger and freedom — which is how she encountered Danio in such a perilous time and place. As their journeys intertwine, A Brightness Long Ago offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel.

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