Dark Tracks

Written by Philippa Gregory

Narrated by Nicola Barber

Enter a world of romance, danger, and superstition in the in the fourth thrilling book in the Order of Darkness series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory.

Luca Vero is a member of the secret Order of Darkness, tasked by his master to uncover the truth behind strange happenings. Alongside Lady Isolde, her friend and confidant, Ishraq, Luca’s manservant, Freize, and Brother Peter, Luca travels miles acorss medieval Europe—seeking out the signs of the end of days, judging the supernatural, and test the new science.

Trapped in a village possessed by a dancing madness, the group fights to keep their own sanity. When Isolde dances away in red shoes and Ishraq takes dramatic revenge on their covert assassin, the young people discover that the greatest risk in the men who have come to their rescue. These are the truly dangerous madmen of Europe, who carry a dark hatred that will last for centuries.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Jan 30, 2018
• ISBN: 9781508227861

Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory is an internationally renowned author of historical novels. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Works that have been adapted for television include A Respectable Trade, The Other Boleyn Girl and The Queen's Fool. The Other Boleyn Girl is now a major film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Eric Bana. Philippa Gregory lives in the North of England with her family.

Reviews for Dark Tracks

[Livia D'Agostino · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The division of views during the 1400s was the start to a greater event in the future that will cost many lives. When reading you see how Jews and Arabs are treated like animals if not worse. Christendom was cruel and unloving to these people, their hatred only caused more pain and more bloodshed.
Luca and his companions witness these cruelties. The inquiry is not as simple and the evidence of insanity is clear, but unexplainable during this time.
Danger and death knocks on these traveling campions. One with poison, one with hysteria, one squires good will and unknown guardian, and the young inquirer with love for two with the same blood and the old priest who does what he can to protect his group.
Out of the series this volume really shined through with themes of inhumanity, guilt, and the simple minded views of a large society of people during the medieval times.
When hatred is all around what else will other generations learn. It takes a single view to change the flocks perspective.