Sequel: Stravaganza: city of stars.

"This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--p. [4] of cover.

Prologue: Reading the future -- Marriage with the sea -- Scuola Mandoliera -- Garden in the air -- Stravaganti -- Lagoon city -- Doctor Death -- Where beauty wears a mask -- Jar of rainbows -- Twelve towers -- Bridge of boats -- Hand of fortune -- Two brothers -- Death sentence -- Bridge of Sighs -- Language of lace -- Glass room -- Death of a duchess -- Viva Bellezza! -- Between worlds -- Out of the shadows -- Man in black -- Epilogue: Carnival.

While sick in bed with cancer, Lucien begins making journeys to Belleza, a place in a parallel world that resembles Venice, Italy, and becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the Duchessa who rules the city.