Antonio is also SCI-FI writer.
"The Architects of Hell"
The human race, stubbornly bent on destroying everything it has been given, has lost God's favor. Creatures from the underworld have taken over a world where life is no longer possible. Only the Holy Land, the last kingdom of mankind, still enjoys divine protection. There, different social classes coexist under a feudal system. The established order is upheld by the doctrine of the Catholic Church, which justifies the social hierarchy not only through God's word but also through its actions: both the high clergy and monks are capable of performing miracles in God's name.
In a civilization where God and Satan are tangible forces, where doubting the Church is unthinkable, Hadrian (a gifted bourgeois in the midst of a crisis of faith) chooses to become a monk to unravel the mystery behind the miracles. Diago (a humble peasant) seeks to join the Templars to avenge his family, slaughtered by demons. They will ignite the first sparks of a revolution as necessary as it is inevitable. Alongside them, and many others, we are drawn into the horrors, secrets, and intricacies of a society on the brink of collapse—where miracles, witches, and the appearances of angels and demons are as commonplace as night and day.
In The Architects of Hell, nothing is what it seems. Beneath the legends of the kingdom, beneath the gospels, miracles, and doctrines of faith, lies a dark, perfectly logical conspiracy.