Damiano
core novel 1983 The Damiano Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.83 (1,248 ratings, collected 2026-10-04) |
| Page count | 243 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553235753 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In a Renaissance Italy where faith-based magic truly works, Damiano Delstrego is a wizard's son and heir to dark powers, but also an innocent: a young scholar and musician of the small city of Partestrada, taught the lute by the Archangel Raphael, who visits him as a friend. When war threatens his beloved city and its people are driven out, Damiano leaves his cloistered life and sets out across the winter Alps to seek the aid of the powerful pagan sorceress Saara, accompanied only by his talking dog Macchiata. His pilgrimage is filled with betrayal, disillusionment and death, and he is forced to confront his inheritance, unleashing the hellish force of his own powers to protect those he loves, while the Devil himself takes an interest in where the young alchemist's road will lead.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Damiano Trilogy
- Series: The Damiano Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R. A. MacAvoy
Notes
- From the series record (The Damiano Trilogy): R. A. MacAvoy's historical fantasy of a Renaissance Italy, France and Moorish Spain where faith-based magic works: the young alchemist and lutenist Damiano Delstrego, his friend and teacher the Archangel Raphael, the pagan witch Saara and the Devil who covets them. Collected as A Trio for Lute (1985).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Damiano Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Damiano's Lute (1984)
Sources
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