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Published on Sunday, Nov 30, 2008
If a book about missing antiquities, covert Vatican operatives and an adventurous scholar sounds familiar, add instruction on the teachings of Aristotle and the Internet-based virtual world Second Life and you have Black Market Truth, the first book in a trilogy by Sharon Kaye, a professor of philosophy at John Carroll University.
The action begins in Rome, where a tomb has been robbed — not of a body, but of some ancient scrolls — and a guard murdered. A detective is assigned to find the murderer (and the scrolls). In New York, Dana McCarter, a former professor of classics who heads the prestigious new Advanced Institute for the Study of Antiquity, is asked to evaluate one of the scrolls. She can't refuse, because the unsavory stranger knows about her habit of adding to her personal collection by buying on the black market, often using her Second Life persona.
When the attractive Italian inspector comes to call, Dana must decide how much to reveal about the scroll. Should she tell him that it could shake the foundations of the church itself? Off they go on an international chase for the scrolls, with evil operatives at their heels.
Readers who know the work of Steve Berry and Dan Brown will not be surprised at the revelation contained in Aristotle's manuscript; those who are scandalized by it should remember that it's only a book and wish they had Dana's expense account.
Black Market Truth (416 pages, softcover) costs $14.95 from http://www.aristotlequest.com. 'Prisoner Prince'
tells a sad story
Olga B. Kurtz, the Akron author whose last book, Crazy Spider, told of a student who researched the sad, short life of Alexei, heir to the Russian throne, has returned with a novel that sounds very similar: Prisoner Prince.
In this case, similar is good. Prisoner Prince, like Crazy Spider, is a human story of an innocent boy caught up in revolution. Louis Charles, son of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, was imprisoned with his family in 1792; after his parents were executed, he remained alone in a cell, isolated and tortured, until his death in 1795 at the age of 10.
The story is told by various ''witnesses,'' some historical, some Kurtz's invention. The depiction of the Terror is reminiscent of the works of Dumas and Hugo, and readers of Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will learn about the many people who claimed to be the Dauphin.
Prisoner Prince is a sad tale that shows why many people become historians and genealogists. The 127-page softcover costs $16.95 from http://www.publishamerica.com.
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Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Legacy Village, Lyndhurst) — North Royalton resident Mary Ann Winkowski, on whom the TV show Ghost Whisperer is based, signs Ghost Whisperer: The Spirit Guide, 7 p.m. Monday.
Akron investigative journalist James Renner signs Serial Killer's Apprentice: And Other True Stories of Cleveland's Most Intriguing Unsolved Crimes at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Ursuline Alumni Appreciation Night benefits scholarships at Ursuline College, with alumnae Rosemarie Emanuele and Natalie Weaver, Mama PhD; Dorothy Chapon Kazel, The Voice: A Missionary's Call to Give Her Life; Mosetta Penick Phillips-Cermak, The Wishing Flower and The Magic of Laven-Rock; and Deborah A. Perez-Stable, The Blessed Christmas and Baby's Song. 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Novelist Christopher Barzak signs The Love We Share Without Knowing at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Local Author Day: Tom Acierno, A Whisper in God's Ear; Libbi Chilia, Imagine Amazing Me; Andrew Borowiec, Cleveland: The Flats, the Mill & the Hills; Lavora Perry, Tanisha Never Disparaging; and Debbie Alferio, Waiting for Tomorrow, 1 p.m. Saturday.
Cuyahoga Falls Library (2015 Third St.) — Chuck Schodowski discusses and signs Big Chuck! My Favorite Stories From 47 Years on Cleveland TV, 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Barnes & Noble Bookstore (4015 Medina Road, Bath Township) — Sandra Philipson with her rescue dog, Tak, signs Forever Home, a Buckeye Children's Book Award nominee, 10 a.m. Saturday; Vanita Oelschlager signs Francesca and Mother Goose/Other Goose, 1 p.m. Saturday; and Peter Chakerian signs The Browns Fans' Tailgating Guide, 2 p.m. Saturday.
Borders (335 Howe Ave., Cuyahoga Falls) — Russ Vernon signs West Point Market Cookbook, 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Meadows of Wintergreen (865 Clearview Circle, Wadsworth) — Cynthia L. Hall signs her thriller Secret Sacrifices at Artists & Vendors Day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
— Barbara McIntyre
Special to the Beacon Journal
Send information about books of local interest to Lynne Sherwin, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309 or lsherwin@thebeaconjournal.com. Event notices should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
If a book about missing antiquities, covert Vatican operatives and an adventurous scholar sounds familiar, add instruction on the teachings of Aristotle and the Internet-based virtual world Second Life and you have Black Market Truth, the first book in a trilogy by Sharon Kaye, a professor of philosophy at John Carroll University.
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