The Knight's Twist

This second novel in the trilogy The Three Sides of the Coin once again draws its protagonists into a dense fog of legends, ancient cults and dark rituals. Two couples—a sixth-century Roman and a young red-haired Briton, together with their doubles in present-day Rome—are bound by an absolute love and by a destiny that stretches across the centuries. Between a Britannia ravaged by the Anglo-Saxon invasions and a contemporary Italy steeped in secrets, the story unfolds through escapes, passions, murders and betrayals. At the heart of the narrative, however, lies an investigation: a web of mysteries, false leads and revelations in which time itself seems to bend. Moving through the shadows are Detective Chief Inspector Alvaro Manneschi from Arezzo and his special unit at the Monti police station in Rome, engaged in an inquiry whose roots reach deep into the remote past. With The Knight’s Twist, Giovanni Mario Buffa blends the epic sweep of historical fantasy with the tension of noir and the depth of philosophical reflection. The foreword is by Piero Boitani, a leading authority on myth and religions, professor of literature at the universities of Rome, Cambridge and Lugano, and recipient of numerous prestigious awards for literary criticism.