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In the Garden of the Fugitives, Ceridwen Dovey ; read by Gabriella Masselli McGrail and Paul English

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fiction

In the Garden of the Fugitives

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Ceridwen Dovey ; read by Gabriella Masselli McGrail and Paul English

Almost 20 years after forbidding him to contact her, Vita receives an email from her old benefactor, Royce. Once, she was one of his brightest protégées; now her career has stalled and Royce is ailing, and each has a need to settle accounts. Beyond their murky shared history, both have lost beloveds, one to an untimely death, another to a strange disappearance. And both are trying to free themselves from deeper pasts, Vita from the inheritance of her birthplace, Royce from the grip of the ancient city of Pompeii and the secrets of the Garden of the Fugitives. Between what's been repressed and what has been excavated are disturbances that reach back through decades, even centuries

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