Reincarnation is familiar ground for Lia-an expert in the mystical beliefs of the ancient Cathar faith-but to reconcile the truth of that long-ago assassination, the logical researcher must accept religious fantasy as historical fact.Three lost souls enter her life, each holding a key to the murder that launched a religious crusade in the heart of Europe. Instead of finding solace in Languedoc’s quiet hills and medieval ruins, the woman trying to heal risks love, and loss, again. The Pope declares a holy war and Languedoc is forever changed.Įight hundred years later, historian Lia Carrer returns to southern France to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. The Cathars-followers of a heretical faith-are blamed for the assassination. It is January 1208 and in a village on the border between Provence and Languedoc, a monk whispers a benediction over the body of a slain papal emissary.
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