Michael L. Martels recently-completed historical mystery novel, The Kapellmeister Conspiracy", is complete, and the author is seeking an agent and a publisher for the new book.
Bristol, RI (PRWEB) September 19, 2004 -- Michael L. Martels recently-completed historical mystery novel, The Kapellmeister Conspiracy", is complete, and the author is seeking an agent and a publisher for the new book. This novel will appeal to a wide audience, and particularly those who like historical settings, mystery, action, and adventure.
A mysterious fragment of a lost Mozart opera, a murder, and a shadowy occult society more than two centuries old set the stage for college student Ted Wheelers inadvertent plunge into a tug of war between light and darkness. Where is the kings ransom in Ottoman gold paid to murder an Austrian Emperor? Was the premature death of a famous composer faked, and why? Ted and his friends must unravel the mystery of a piece of torn musical score, a tantalizing fragment of a melody so beautiful that it could only have come from the hand of the Master.
The Kapellmeister Conspiracy is also a love story set against the backdrop of a dangerous hunt for treasure; for While Ted seeks answers and devises a plan to find the rest of the missing opera score, he and his friends learn that they have competition from a shadowy and ruthless group known as the Illuminati, a secret society with its roots in the radical, politically-charged Masonic lodges of 18th-Century Vienna. As the plot unfolds, Ted and company come to learn the unlucky story of how one of the worlds greatest composers became entangled in a web of evil, deceit, and possibly regicide. The unknown location of a fortune in gold is at stake, and so, they learn eventually, are their own lives.
Help along the way – and across two centuries – comes from an unlikely group of characters – a sword-wielding priest who was once a mercenary soldier; a student of Mozart who was called upon to finish a Requiem; an oddball collector and seller of ephemera and rare books who is as incompetent as he is dangerous; and a frugal treasure-hunting Yankee from Connecticut who spends his time picking through old dumps and demolition sites.
Michael L. Martel has lived in coastal Rhode Island all of his life (thus far), and is an avid sailor who enjoys writing about marine subjects. He founded and owns an industrial public relations and marketing agency, and has authored and published a number of papers and articles on subjects ranging from electronics manufacturing and marketing techniques to the voyages of Captain Joshua Slocum and Rhode Islands early history, which have appeared in publications that include Smithsonian, The Providence Journal, WoodenBoat, Marthas Vineyard Magazine, Old Rhode Island, Blue Water Sailing, R.I. Boating, Offshore, and others.
For more information, contact the author at 16 Birchwood Drive, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, Tel. 401-254-1473, E-mail: mmc@mmc-marketing.com.
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