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A New Twist on a Timeless Theme: Andrew Davidson's The Gargoyle

New York Times Bestseller

The mesmerizing story of one man’s descent into personal hell and his quest for salvation.

On a dark road in the middle of the night, a car plunges into a ravine. The driver survives the crash, but his injuries confine him to a hospital burn unit. There the mysterious Marianne Engel, a sculptress of grotesques, enters his life. She insists they were lovers in medieval Germany, when he was a mercenary and she was a scribe in the monastery of Engelthal. As she spins the story of their past lives together, the man’s disbelief falters; soon, even the impossible can no longer be dismissed.

Keep clicking:
• Read an interview with Andrew Davidson about the inspiration for the book.
• Print a free reading group guide for The Gargoyle.