The Prisoner of Paradise, Rob Samborn
The Prisoner of Paradise, Rob Samborn
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The Prisoner of Paradise

Author: Rob Samborn

Narrator: Zac Aleman

Unabridged: 12 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/09/2022


Synopsis

A riveting thriller ignites with a time-spanning love story. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman or David Mitchell.

A 400-year-old murder. A disembodied whisper: "Amore mio." My love.

Nick and Julia O'Connor's dream trip to Venice collapses when a haunting voice reaches out to Nick from Tintoretto's Paradise, the world's largest oil painting.

Though Julia worries her husband suffers from a delusion, Nick is adamant the voice belongs to a woman from the 16th century—his soul mate from a previous life. He discovers a religious order that has developed a method of extracting people's souls, which they imprison in Paradise. Over the centuries, they've judged thousands of souls and sentenced them to eternal purgatory.

As infatuation with the past clouds his commitment to a present-day wife, Nick must right an age-old wrong—destroy the painting and liberate his soul mate. But freeing her would allow all the souls to be reborn.

The order will never let that happen.

About Rob Samborn

In addition to being a novelist, Rob Samborn is a screenwriter, entrepreneur, and avid traveler. He's been to forty countries, lived in five of them (including Italy) and studied nine languages. As a restless spirit who can't remember the last time he was bored, Rob is on a quest to explore the intricacies of our world and try his hand at a multitude of crafts; he's also an accomplished artist and musician, as well as a budding furniture maker. A native New Yorker who lived in Los Angeles for twenty years, he now makes his home in Denver with his wife, daughter, and dog.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rob on January 13, 2024

As characters embark on life-changing journeys in books, authors do so in real life, from the first sentence to publication and beyond. Seeing The Prisoner of Paradise out in the world is thrilling beyond words. The journey may not rival what Nick and Julia go through, but it certainly has been life......more

Goodreads review by Mike on November 30, 2021

Page-turning thriller set in Venice with picturesque descriptions and realistic characters. Robert Langdon meets the magical realism of Outlander. Unique and entertaining to the last word.......more

Goodreads review by Alexander on November 27, 2021

The ultimate love triangle of soul mates that transcends cultures, centuries, and corpora. An American tourist and his wife on a brief holiday to Venice are entangled in a sixteenth-century secret society intent on protecting itself. Rob Samborn weaves the reader through a myriad of canals in this s......more

Goodreads review by Doug on October 18, 2021

Wow! I picked this book because of the reviews, but even they didn’t prepare me for the grandeur of the novel. Freeing a lost love from a painting sounds kinda cheesy, but the detail, the language, the customs, the evil, the love, the consequences presented create an epic well worth reading. I recei......more

Goodreads review by Julie on January 07, 2024

Nick is an avid hockey player. One wrong move though and he found himself sidelined with a head injury that he is in denial over. When an opportunity for the trip of a lifetime to Venice comes along, Nick and his wife Julia are excited. Julia is concerned that it might be too much for Nick though. E......more