Beyond It:

by Kate Archer

The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53. One of the cities, affected by the plague, was Venice. A small island located a couple of miles from Venice's famed Piazza San Marco is believed to be the world's first lazaret—a quarantine colony intended to help prevent the spread of the plague.

How come Alice, an eighteen-year-old girl from the contemporary world, had to face the frightening reality from the Middle Ages? What happened to her? And why?

61 pages, ebook

First published September 11, 2015