In 1538 artist Benvenuto Cellini creates the Medusa Amulet: a work of unimaginable power – and menace. The amulet can grant immortality to any who stare into it on a moonlit night, but it soon falls into the wrong hands. Now the quest to recover this legendary artifact depends upon one man: David Franco, a brilliant but skeptical young scholar at Chicago’s world-renowned Newberry Library.
The classic suspense novel of shark versus man, which was made into the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie. The Jaws phenomenon changed popular culture and continues to inspire a growing interest in sharks and the oceans today.
Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden. In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees, and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes…
