Damiano's Lute
core novel 1984 The Damiano Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.87 (670 ratings, collected 2026-10-04) |
| Page count | 254 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553241020 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Shattered by the fury of the powers he unleashed, Damiano Delstrego has renounced his magical heritage to live as an ordinary man, with nothing left but his music. Accompanied by the Archangel Raphael's guidance, the chidings of a brash young rogue, Gaspare, and the memory of the pagan witch Saara, he wanders north into a French countryside ravaged by the plague, earning his bread as a lutenist in search of some kind of peace. But the Father of Lies has not forgotten him: Lucifer reaches out once more to grasp the young man whose soul he covets, and to avert the hellish destiny being prepared for him Damiano must face the greatest forces of darkness armed only with his love and the music of his lute.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Damiano Trilogy
- Series: The Damiano Trilogy core; position 2 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 2 of 3: previous Damiano (1983) · next Raphael (1984)
Sources
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