An epic novel of history, adventure and fantasy, offering a captivating window into a little known period of the Middle Ages, when the church of Rome was ruled by a dynasty of popes and courtesans, which became known as the Papal Pornocracy. At the turn of the First Millennium, when Christendom waits for the Antichrist to break free from its chains, young Julian of Mans is fleeing from his own visions of the Devil. In a journey that spans from France to the Holy Land, culminating in the Serchio River by the city of Lucca, in Tuscany, Julian collects a life of emotions and passions that will give him the best weapons to face his worst fears.