I urge my leaden legs up the narrow staircase вЂ¦ spiraling skyward on soft marble treads, pitted and worn.

I turn the handle and step into the passage from which I know there will be no return. Crossing before the Bargello, I cut west toward the spire of the Badia and come up hard against the iron gate at the base of the stairs. I pass behind the palazzo with its crenellated tower and one-handed clock вЂ¦ snaking through the early-morning vendors in Piazza di San Firenze with their hoarse voices smelling of lampredotto and roasted olives. Here aboveground, I raise my eyes to the north, but I am unable to find a direct path to salvation вЂ¦ for the Apennine Mountains are blotting out the first light of dawn. Their persistence has kept me underground вЂ¦ forced me to live in purgatory вЂ¦ laboring beneath the earth like a chthonic monster. Their footsteps grow louder now as they hunt with relentless determination.ДЇor years they have pursued me. Inferno is the underworld as described in Dante AlighieriвЂ™s epic poem The Divine Comedy, which portrays hell as an elaborately structured realm populated by entities known as вЂњshadesвЂќ-bodiless souls trapped between life and death.ДЄlong the banks of the river Arno, I scramble, breathless вЂ¦ turning left onto Via dei Castellani, making my way northward, huddling in the shadows of the Uffizi. Its name has been changed for considerations of security and privacy. вЂњThe ConsortiumвЂќ is a private organization with offices in seven countries. All artwork, literature, science, and historical references in this novel are real.

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