[Guido Lopez 02] • En el nombre de Ishmael

A stunning literary thriller of international political

intrigue, In the Name of Ishmael face=Arialfeatures two interlocking stories that weave a gripping conspiracy

plot with a serial killer narrative culminating in a shattering climax that

delivers an astonishing surprise.

Milan, 1962. David Montorsi, an earnest young police

detective, is obsessed by a death that his colleagues conspicuously ignore: a

child found murdered and half-buried under a World War II monument in a soccer

stadium. Montorsi's investigation leads him into a world of secret

assassinations and danger engineered, it seems, by the elusive figure named

Ishmael.

Milan, 2001. Another detective, Guido Lopez jaded almost

past caring investigates the random killing of a stranger on the street. Against

his will he is ensnared in a plot that leads him deep into Europe's political

underworld where bizarre and ritualistic acts of sex and murder orchestrated by

Ishmael ultimately threaten the security of the West.

In their parallel quests to uncover the identity of Ishmael,

Montorsi and Lopez struggle to assemble pieces of the puzzle that connect to a

series of inexplicable events, from the killing of an Italian press magnate to a

sadomasochistic secret society. Both are led ever closer to the seemingly

omnipotent yet invisible Ishmael who may not only direct the deaths of innocents

but determine the fates of nations.

Set in a Milan shadowed by rain, cold, and menace, as well

as in Paris, Frankfurt, and Brussels, and spanning not just generations but a

Europe and an America in profound conflict, In the Name of Ishamel is both an

extraordinarily original thriller and a bold exploration of the hidden uses of

power.

About the Author

Giuseppe Genna was born in Milan in 1969. He has worked in

Italian television and was the editor-in-chief of Poesia, a literary journal. In

the Name of Ishmael is his first U.S. publication.