{"product_id":"the-composer-julian-montrose-9798278406280","title":"The Composer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIN THE SILENCE OF THE VAULT, THE MUSIC BECOMES A WEAPON.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVenice, 17th Century.\u003c\/b\u003e The city is sinking, and Isabella Rossetti has found the frequency that will drag it down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabella, known as \"The Composer,\" is the second of the fugitive Daughters of Padua. Hidden deep within a hermetically sealed crypt beneath a Venetian convent, she is writing a forbidden \u003ci\u003eMiserere\u003c\/i\u003e-a piece of music so acoustically resonant it threatens to shatter the very foundations of the Basilica above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she is being hunted by Monsignor Valerius, the State Inquisitor. Valerius is not a man of faith; he is a man of physics. He does not hunt souls; he hunts structural flaws.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Valerius breaches the vault using chemical warfare and acoustic profiling, the chase moves from the canals of Venice to the frozen peaks of the Apennines. There, in a terrifying facility known only as \"The White Room,\" Isabella and her sister, the Painter, are subjected to the ultimate test of the artist: absolute sensory deprivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStripped of light, sound, and color, Isabella must find a way to transcribe her masterpiece before the silence erases her mind. With the Painter providing the visual code and the Composer providing the rhythm, the sisters must turn their prison into a weapon, using the physics of their own bodies to engineer an impossible escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Composer\" is a masterclass in intellectual suspense-a thriller where music is ballistics, architecture is destiny, and the only escape lies in the geometry of a broken stone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Montrose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278406280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.76d","brand":"Julian Montrose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171186909439,"sku":"9798278406280","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-composer-julian-montrose-9798278406280","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}