In the name of the Father, not a word of this. Her letters are forbidden.Beatrice is the convent''s librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscriptsThen, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convent''s walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrice''s hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous life of their ownBut men of the faith want the book destroyed, and a zealous preacher has tracked it to her door. Beatrice''s life - the convent''s survival - both are now at stakeThe book''s voice is growing strongerAn ancient power uncoilsWill she dare to listen?