The winds from the valley known as Pelice carried an ominous tale ofsorrow and destruction. The army of the blackrobed Inquisitors had laidseige to the defenseless inhabitants of the valley, destroying churches andkilling those who refused to renounce their faith. Yet high on a granitemountain above the land that forms the border between Italy and Francestood Joshua Gianavel--one man who held the fate of his people in hishands. In the valley below Europe's mightiest army gathered to lay siegeto his people. He would not allow the same desolation to reach his homeand people in the valley of Rora. With lionlike courage he waged warfareagainst the Inquisitors with a brilliance the world had never seen.Based upon the true story of the historic stand of the Waldenses in 1655, Rora is a spellbinding tale of a legendary hero, of international intrigue andsubterfuge, of cloakanddagger tactics, of a faith that refused to die.Historical Fiction at Its Best