🔥 In the shadows of Renaissance Rome, silence is the deadliest weapon of all.When architect Leonardo Vittori discovers a mutilated body at his basilica restoration site, he unknowingly steps into a centuries-old conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the Church. The victim's tongue has been cut out, and a blood-carved message Silentium est Poena – Silence is Punishment.
Guided by the mysterious Isabella de Moreni, who claims her cardinal father was imprisoned for threatening to expose the Order of Shadows, Leonardo descends into Rome's forgotten underground passages searching for a hidden chapel and a confession that could shatter the foundations of faith itself.
But in a city where every whisper is dangerous and every ally suspect, Leonardo must decipher which secrets are worth dying for – and which truths are better left buried. When the legendary assassin known as Il Coltello Sordo begins hunting anyone who comes too close to the truth, Leonardo discovers that the most devastating revelations are the ones that hide in plain sight.
A breathtaking historical thriller where architectural puzzles, forbidden texts, and deadly intrigue intertwine beneath the Eternal City.