"The Romanov Cross" holds readers' attention from the beginning to the very end. There are even elements of a ghost story and outright horror.Īll these elements shouldn't work together, but they do. and of dark deeds aching to be unearthed.Praise for The Romanov Cross In this fascinating, funny, and frightening. Add Slater's story and a modern-day flu epidemic possibly killing millions of people and the stories come together. With his signature blend of fascinating history and fantastic imagination, critically acclaimed author Robert Masello has once again crafted a terrifying story of past events coming back to haunt the present day. The mixture of their love story, the history of what happened to the Romanov family and the depth of Anastasia's despair during her escape would make a terrific stand-alone novel.
The love story between Anastasia and the soldier tears at the heartstrings. In a second narrative, Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, miraculously survives and escapes with the help of a young soldier.Īnastasia has a piece of jewelry given to her by the mad monk Rasputin that promises to protect her from harm. The same year the plague killed so many, the Romanov family in Russia was murdered. The exposed bodies might contain the deadly virus, and if they do, Slater must make sure the contagion doesn't start again. Praise for The Romanov Cross In this fascinating, funny, and frightening supernatural thriller, Robert Masello skillfully weaves together the story of the deaths of the Russian royal family with the possibility of a new worldwide influenza pandemic.
His expertise is needed in Alaska, where a burial site containing victims of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic has begun to erode.
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