Dick Rosano

After a distinguished scientist dies under suspicious circumstances at an archaeological dig in Tuscany, Darren Priest and Alana Weber are called in to investigate. They discover that the now-deceased scientist's work was focused on Italy's earliest history and the possible connection to the...

When Luca went to Sicily in search of his parents’ roots, he didn’t count on meeting Vito: a wizened old man who seemed to embody the history of the island in his bones. He also didn't count on Vito taking him back centuries – millennia – to the ancient times when Sicily was settled by...

Florence, 1553. An assassin sent by Arma Dei disappears into the night, with him a collection of heretical art and writings. For five centuries, the satchel—containing sketches and writings by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and many others—is pursued by kings, popes, princes, and scavengers...

To Luca, the story of Sicily was like an old movie made modern. From black-and-white to sepia and then to color, the old man Vito’s narration of the island’s ancient history kept Luca spellbound. Originally a trip to his parents’ homeland, Luca’s journey was now one of a deeper history...

It is 1943, and the Nazis control large parts of Italy. Colonel Anselm Bernhardt devotes his attention to stealing Italian art and having his way with Italian women, but there is one great treasure that he covets even more. In present day, his grandson swears to make amends for Bernhardt’s...