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From the Dagger Award-winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult - for fans of All the Light We Cannot See.. August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey's shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed "Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican," rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls.
About the Author
Derek B. Miller is an American novelist and international affairs professional.
His first novel, Norwegian by Night, was a critically-acclaimed international bestseller and was shortlisted for seven literary awards. In October 2013, the novel was awarded with the Crime Writer's Association John Creasy Dagger Award for a debut crime novel, and in 2014 at Crimefest it was awarded the eDunnit Award and the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award. Norwegian by Night was further nominated for the Strand Magazine Critic's Award for Best First Novel, the American Bookseller's Association's 2014 Indie Choice Award, Book of the Year for Adult Debuts, Barry Award for Best First Novel and the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery.
Miller's second novel is The Girl in Green (2017) is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (U.S.) . Prior to publication it received starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly and was called a "modern masterpiece" by Bookpage.
Miller has a Ph.D. in international relations from the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, an MA in national security from Georgetown, and a BA in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College. He conducted graduate studies at both St. Catz and Linacre College at the University of Oxford.
