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r into an embrace so long and so full of love that deirdre s tears slowly subsided in his arms flavia overcome was crying too with one hand over her mouth the two friends were deeply moved but made an effort to remain composed ψ after the meeting with deirdre had returned home to monti with massimo the days passed from time to time she would open the chest where she kept the clothes left to her by her father and look at them with a new awareness had told her that if she wished he could help free her through a number of sessions she decided she would first try on her own and only ask him for help if necessary sometimes standing by the window beneath the moonlight she would take one of those garments and try to loosen the blocks that prevented her from seeing clearly but she could not one evening holding the same t shirt she had worn for her visit to s house she drifted into sleep and had a vision someone from the highest summit of his soul was contemplating humankind and observing them from so far away marvelled at their smallness upon waking she asked herself who was that being was it my father and if so why did his soul stand higher than the other souls a reunion in arezzo it was all saints day after her performance at the teatro petrarca deirdre stepped out into the cool evening air the symphonic phrases with which she had conversed at the piano in brahms s second piano concerto still lingered in her ears they seemed unwilling to leave her she loved them deeply now well away from the theatre she walked along via cavour and turned left into corso italia arezzo lay steeped in a golden tranquillity the nearly deserted streets echoed with the sound of her footsteps upon the stone paving slabs massimo had warned her more than once please don t walk about alone especially at night i cannot reveal the reason for massimo s worries but she had merely smiled making no promises she was not afraid with a light step she surrendered herself to the desire to wander without destination turning right into via vasari towards piazza grande she found herself drawn by a gentle glow that seemed to welcome her like an embrace she paused beneath the arches of the loggiato struck by the untouched beauty of the place it was then that she saw him leaning against a pillar a book in his hand his gaze lost elsewhere it was arthur her father not an encounter but an apparition the shock struck her like a blow to the chest she stood motionless she had recognised him at once despite all those years he was still young with the same bearing and those unmistakable eyes she had once hated and now loved again helplessly for a long moment neither of them moved or spoke the city around them seemed to hold its breath then she ran to him they embraced tightly with infinite tenderness they remained locked in each other s arms in silence for an indeterminate length of time why are you here dad i wanted to see you again and to hold you in my arms why didn t you wait for me outside the theatre because you re my daughter i knew that sooner or later you d come to this beautiful square arezzo is beautiful and i sense that someone you love has roots here you know about him yes i m happy that the two of you love each other for many reasons i ve missed you so much dad more than you can imagine my dear i ve missed you too but perhaps you ve understood that it was necessary yes i have or rather i was helped to understand it the organisation yes i know you re part of it too a long silence followed then she said perhaps this isn t the moment but i d like to ask you something something i think i already know yet need to hear from you tell me deirdre who are you dad i ve had visions about you ever since then i haven t stopped wondering arthur remained silent then he said gently do you really want to know yes wouldn t it be better to leave everything as it is no please it would also explain all those years you spent away from me by then they had moved to the centre of the square arthur second raised his eyes the sky above piazza grande was clearer than it had ever been before who am i three words hung in the air a white cat appeared and brushed against her ankles i am a man who a very long time ago leave a comment posted in ancientbritannia ancientrome anglosaxoninvasion arthurian britain esotericism esotericthriller historicalfantasy italianfiction mythology neoplatonism pythagoreanism rome and tagged ancientbritannia ancientrome anglosaxoninvasion apotheosis classical antiquity esotericism esotericthriller historicalfantasy italianfiction mythology neoplatonism newrelease noir orphism pythagoreanism rome thriller bookmark the permalink love between dissonance and harmony 1 posted on june 15 2026 by manofroma some love passages from my trilogy whose first translated volume guard us from evil has been published while the other two the knight s twist and apotheosis also translated are about to be published the first passage is taken from the knight s twist here as in the other novels there is an underlying neoplatonic and neopythagorean current my prose sometimes adopts a classical tone something that is not particularly fashionable today but i like it that way ψ we are in ad 510 in britannia in the land of the angles at derdriu s home maximus and derdriu a red haired woman with blazing locks had previously fought in the woods and she had emerged victorious maximus had then been captured by camilla a friend of derdriu s and was about to be sacrificed in a ritual but derdriu had saved him the redhead had subsequently taken him to her dwelling among the forests yet she still harboured resentment towards the romans for reasons explained in the passage that follows ψ the emotion overwhelmed derdriu like an avalanche crashing down a mountainside you filthy fucking roman you and my father she hurled herself at him with unheard of violence but the neopythagorean withstood the impact and wrenching both her arms behind her back forced her down onto her knees arched backwards before him then straddling her with his legs apart he pinned her more firmly his pelvis pressed against her full breasts his sex involuntarily close to her face she shuddered and he too his senses shaken after the conquest some had begun to see you as superior beings who could have helped us her voice still burning softened almost imperceptibly they remained in that position a few moments of uneasy silence followed but in the end we realised that your civilisation was nothing but a subtler way of enslaving us they rose disoriented the position had grown awkward the woman adjusted her dress and the sword at her side what has your father got to do with it maximus asked curious my father was a roman dog he found my mother in a forest where she had lost her way she was nine years old her parents had been killed and she was trying to make her way back to an uncle a sorcerer respected among the angles for his powers after seeing my father she clung to him desperately and cried that she did not want to live without him my father decided to take her with him and loved her only once she had become a woman he began to instruct her in the culture of a rome now vanished she already so skilled in the ancient knowledge of herbs and trees she sat down on the sofa and wiped her brow it was beaded with sweat her body smelled of musk her anger began to rise again i don t mean he did not love her i don t even know whether he acted out of condescension but the arrogance i see in you and hate may well have been his once more in command of himself maximus gently caressed her arm but she i hate you i hate you both with all my heart she spat in his face and began to invade his mind caught off guard again manius reacted swiftly and blocking the psychic intrusion hurled her back onto the sofa pinning her down with the steely strength of his pythagorean body then he seized her hair and holding her face fast against the cushions kissed her with passion she struggled desperately but then overcome gave herself up to him in a rush they rid themselves of the few clothes that still stood between them and the fulfilment of that sudden sublime absolute desire and they began to fight a different battle one that lasted the whole night a battle of emotions of mingling breaths of bodies joining to soothe the wounds of the soul i an old man have few words to describe that night in their hopes it was the dawn that would release them from a season of dark sorrow and like two beautiful butterflies borne along by the breeze and made tireless by the sky s blue light so their desire never came to rest and now gentle now aflame it seemed to touch all things the following morning waking early manius papirius maximus gazed at the girl deep in sleep with two cats one orange one grey curled at her feet she was of a startling beauty her flame coloured hair spread across the covers and though here and there she bore scars one even upon her cheek this did not lessen her beauty rather it sharpened it for it is the union of order and disorder that at times moves us are not the cosmos and our soul so and this was true of her legs as well less than perfect and yet for that very reason splendid he rose and walked out into the garden he thought of delia who embodied the same principle her legs were worthy of the greatest sculptor yet her true strength lay in those blue eyes with a faint beguiling squint which made her gaze superb and deceptive from somewhere the melancholy sound of a harp rose and joined the music of the world maximus thought that what was painful the wreckage of his life the inexorable decline of his mother livia cilnia and of delia once pure and then wed to an old man for advantage that which was discordant and harsh might find its place within the higher harmony of the universe reflections that consoled him in part the melancholy notes reached the bedroom and touched the warrior s ears as she slept deeply languid and sated when she awoke she opened her eyes and reaching out found that the roman was not there she searched for him with her mind and sensed that he was near yet his heart was away she thought of her father who had abandoned her and tears flowed down her cheeks when maximus entered the room she felt that his heart had returned and drew him to her they made love and a great happiness flooded them once more so changeable is the spirit of the young then sensing themselves close to the highest good they feared they might lose themselves again when leave a comment posted in arthurian britain historical fantasy historical fiction music and literature mystery and thriller philosophy roman britain and tagged ancientbritannia ancientrome anglosaxoninvasion esotericism esotericthriller historicalfantasy italianfiction neoplatonism newrelease noir orphism pythagoreanism rome theknightstwist bookmark the permalink guard us from evil is now available posted on april 18 2026 by manofroma i am delighted to share that the english version of my first novel liberaci dal male titled guard us from evil is now available in e book and paperback from major online retailers including amazon and can also be ordered through bookshops so what is the novel about guard us from evil is a sweeping historical fantasy in which love myth and mystery converge across the centuries it opens in rome on 6 may 2018 when three bodies a young man a young woman and a dog are found crucified along the appian way the horror is so staggering that the news spreads around the world under immense pressure detective chief inspector alvaro manneschi launches a full investigation with his special unit yet the case soon begins to stall gradually revealing a vast conspiracy involving misguided followers ancient forces and the lingering echoes of long lost myths within a dimension where time itself begins to unravel daring escapes and loves born in the forests of sixth century britain intertwine with betrayal and longing in the historic heart of modern rome at the centre of the story stand two key figures a roman of piedmontese descent and a proud red haired briton together with their doubles in sixth century britain similar in appearance and spirit as they face the same dangers in the twilight of antiquity in the aftermath of the anglo saxon invasions can these two or rather these four together with their allies withstand the dark forces threatening not only their own lives but the very fabric of the world they inhabit a literary fantasy with philosophical undertones the novel blends romance historical depth and thriller suspense it also features a foreword by piero boitani the distinguished scholar of myth and biblical tradition and recipient of numerous awards for literary criticism leave a comment posted in books historical fantasy writing philosophy and tagged ancient britain ancient rome anglo saxon britain dual timeline historical fantasy literary fantasy mystery myth new book philosophical fiction bookmark the permalink apotheosis posted on november 25 2025 by manofroma the third volume of my trilogy the three sides of the coin entitled apotheosis has already been published in italian the english translation is complete but has not yet been published here is the introduction author s introduction bringing this third volume to completion was not easy the threads that had to be retied indeed the many narrative strands left unresolved did not close up by themselves some had hidden so well that i had to chase them for page after page with the vague sensation of playing hide and seek i often identified with the exhausted old narrator who writes with his fountain pen of course i used my pc but cafés endless days and the occasional existential bewilderment were never in short supply there are more surprises in these pages than in the previous volumes plot surprises genuine narrative twists at a certain point i even began to surprise myself was that a sign the characters had taken on a life of their own or should i worry at nearly eighty people have told me that the novel and especially its ending are ambitious whether i overstepped is for readers to judge what i can say is that i had fun writing it besides this is part of what the trilogy a tale of love and adventure is about at my age an eventful life is scarce inventing one on the page is a pleasure and let s be honest a pretty decent exercise in survival throughout the trilogy the register shifts deliberately it moves from a low tone jokes dialects the occasional comic strip scene to a higher voice which in this third volume becomes more explicit and looks towards propertius milton and dante there is melodrama too which i enjoy and which warms me and the ancient philosophical and religious traditions i have tried not to betray while still offering a personal novelistic version of them these are the freedoms and the risks i have allowed myself here as in the two earlier books i will add nothing more what i had to say is in the pages tha...