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Enter the world of Renaissance Venice, where the competition for fame and fortune can mean life or death, in this immersive novel of art and the Inquisition, for readers of Sarah Perry and Jessie Burton. Giorgio Giorgione Barbarelli's career hangs in the balance. A student of Bellini and a mentor-turned-rival of Titian, he's seen his reputation fall out of favor and his debts pile up. When he hears a rumor of a mysterious, other-worldly new pigment, brought to Venice by the richest man in Europe, he sets out acquire the rare color and secure his name in history. Winning a commission to paint a portrait of the rich man's wife, Giorgione thinks he has found a way into the merchant's favor. Instead the woman draws him into her confidence, revealing the true reason her husband's come to Venice. Giorgione finds himself caught up in a conspiracy that stretches across Europe and a marriage coming apart inside one of the floating city's most illustrious palazzos. Atmospheric and suspenseful, and filled with the famous artists of the era, The Colourist captures the fascinating world of Venice at the height of its power and a moment of artistic invention that echoes through the centuries.

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The Color Storm takes readers on a thrilling, murderous journey through the serpentine waters of High Renaissance Venice as one of art history's most gifted but often overlooked painters--Giorgione--searches for love, fame, and, most importantly, color. Written with language as vibrant as a Giorgione masterpiece, The Color Storm is for lovers of art, Italy, and page-turning plot. -- Stephanie Storey, author of Raphael, Painter in Rome Ravishing, addictive, knife-sharp, ambitious, and singing with detail, The Color Storm had me in its grip from the first moment I began reading. Here is a compelling thriller that takes us to the heart of sixteenth century Venice where the world's most famous painters compete to win the greatest commission of their lives, and to find a rumored new color that will make their names immortal, while the threat of the plague comes ever closer. There is so much to think about and relish. Not simply the story itself--with all its glorious twists and turns--but the search to express ourselves. A celebration of art and a hymn to color. -- Rachel Joyce, New York Times bestselling author

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Damian Dibben is the bestselling British author of Tomorrow and the internationally acclaimed History Keepers series. His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages in over forty countries. Damian has worked extensively as a screenwriter on projects as diverse as The Phantom of the Opera and Puss in Boots. He lives on London's South Bank with his partner, Ali, and three dogs, Dudley, Daphne, and Velvet.

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