Mary Hoffman

Sky is transported to the Talian equivalent of Florence, Italy, into the midst of a bloody feud between the rival di Chimici and Nucci families.

Matt is transported to the ancient Scriptorium of Padavia. There, with Luciano and Arianna, and the help of other Stravaganti, he must fight the dangerous di Chimici family.

Georgia loves horses and hates Russell, her step-brother. It seems Russell's main aim is to make Georgia miserable, whereas all Georgia wants to do is to go horseriding whenever she can get the opportunity - and to avoid Russell. When Georgia finally saves up enough money to buy the little model of a winged horse she has admired in an antiques shop window, she knows she has to keep it well out of Russell's way in case he realises it is important to her. But what Georgia doesn't know is that the little horse offers her an escape to another world and another time, that of sixteenth-century Remora, a city that is similar to Siena in Italy, but that has evolved quite differently...

Driven from their homes by danger and cruelty, two teenagers take refuge in a neighbouring friary and convent, only to find new danger when a series of grisly murders occur. Set in 14th century Italy.