The everlasting : a novel
(Book)

Spanning two thousand years, follow four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. As their dramas unfold amid the brick, marble, and ghosts of Rome, they each must decide what it means to be good.