Renaissance Moon

By Linda Nevins

An electrifying novel of a goddess cult in America--by the author of Commonwealth Avenue. When the legends that have shaped her view of the world erupt and spill over into her personal life, a woman with an obsession for Italian Renaissance paintings becomes a bloodthirsty pagan whose newfound attitude colors her interpretation of Christian art.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312152000
• ISBN13: 9780312152000
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

An absorbing and intricate occult / mystery story

"'Short, bloody, sexy, and fascinating'" a minor character says of heroine Selene Catcher's writing. The same could be said of Renaissance Moon, Linda Nevin's novel. While the story is at times visceral and vivid, it never stoops to sensationalism in place of a well-developed plot and fascinating characters. The novel follows Selene Catcher, the intellectual, indulgent heiress via the account of Giovanni Corio, the charming and self-effacing Jesuit priest. Both are remarkably involved and admirable characters. Selene is a scholar of the mysteries of the Renaissance, but she is also a secret priestess of the triple goddess Artemis, whose stages of cerebral maiden, merciless huntress, and unearthly crone evolve Selene throughout the story. The ending is much forshadowed and has a heavy sense of inescapability, but readers will want to read on to see what panache Nevins carries it with. I truly enjoyed the two major settings of the story: the bustling and pretentious historic villas of Italy and the dark winter woodlands of the northern United States. Both played a great part in giving the novel its fantastic and remorable aura. In addition, the book itself is lovely and elegant. I have read it many, many times since I bought it and would recommend it to almost anyone.