The Rope Trick (novel)

The Rope Trick.

Preview

Lidi is a brilliant magician onstage, with copper-colored hair and hypnotic hands. She can perform all manner of astonishing illusions and tricks. But one trick eludes her, the greatest in the world: the rope trick. And only one person can teach it to her-the legendary magician Ferramondo. On her quest to find him, she joins up with Daniella, an orphan with true prophetic powers; a handsome outlaw with a price on his head; and a circus owner with a troupe of dancing pigs. But when Daniella is kidnapped by men who want to use her gift for their own ends, Lidi must abandon her quest and summon all of her resources-and magic-working-to save her...

Plot Synopsis

Chapters
 * 1) Zaccovelli's Nose
 * 2) Sometimes Daniella
 * 3) Princess Lidi
 * 4) In Campania
 * 5) The Added Attraction
 * 6) Julian
 * 7) The First-of-May
 * 8) The Cafone
 * 9) The Baboon
 * 10) The Hunted
 * 11) The Vanishing Coin
 * 12) Pompadoro's Performing Porkers
 * 13) Pompadoro's Travels
 * 14) Two Roads Meet
 * 15) The Condemned Prisoner
 * 16) Two Roads Part
 * 17) The Magicians' Burghetto
 * 18) Mercurio
 * 19) Cocofino
 * 20) Fame and Fortune
 * 21) The Condottieri
 * 22) A Lost Purse
 * 23) Malvento
 * 24) The Marchese
 * 25) Silence
 * 26) The Rope Trick