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I, MICHELANGELO
Tom Maremaa, author
Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)
History runs in parallel in this work of post-modern fiction, repeating itself in the broken mirror of time.
In one mirror of time, we meet the great young artist and sculptor of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo, whose struggles with his family and Pope Julius II turn his life upside down while creating the monumental statue of David and painting the masterful, immortal frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. In another, we encounter the artist and enforcer of a criminal enterprise in the netherworld of the twenty-first century, also named Michelangelo, the most unlikely of anti-heroes. His fight against a rival criminal enterprise takes center stage in the story, which is told from more than a dozen different points of view.
Michelangelo’s assignment: take down the creator of a dark website called Yellow Brick Road. The creator, known by the code name of IDAHO, is a fathom figure. Nobody is sure if he or she is one or many people, or where the enterprise resides geographically. The stakes are high as Idaho always seems one step ahead of Michelangelo and is able to wreak havoc violently on Michelangelo’s life and family. Who will prevail? And at what cost?
All the while our brave anti-hero, a former middle-school teacher of art and music, is struggling to initiate his young, rebellious sixteen-year-old son Gio into the rites and duties of manhood. Father and son are seemingly always at odds, despite the profound love they share for each other.
We enter the netherworld of the Big Apple at the dawn of the present century when the Internet is just beginning to gain traction; Amazon is only selling books online. And the country is still basking in the glow of innocence and naivete as a new, youngish president has taken office. But in that netherworld, the Dark Web has already emerged in full force with dire consequences. Will justice be served? And if so, by what means?