Balthasar's Odyssey

There are ninety-nine names for God in the Koran, is it possible that there is a secret one-hundredth name?

In this tale of magic and mystery, of love and danger, Balthasar''s ultimate quest is to find the secret that could save the world.

Before the dawn of the apocalyptic ''Year of the Beast'' in 1666, Balthasar Embriaco, a Genoese Levantine merchant, sets out on an adventure that will take him ...