Enter a fantasy world where two lovers struggle with fateful pasts. Set against the lush backdrop of Italy, Mortality Quest Book 1, The Awakening by writer A. Tassinari is a masterpiece of lyrical prose with the universal theme of love conquering all.Michele Montegue, the handsome son of King Palious and the goddess Athena, is cursed by immortality-his destiny rules that he must protect the ancient family of the Travatis. Michele's existence is a lonely one-his constant struggle with doubts about fulfilling his destiny and ever becoming mortal again are put to the test when he meets the beautiful opera singer, Isabella Travati, the last of the Travati women. When Michele and Isabella meet their fates collide and what begins as a tumultuous love affair turns into a battle between fulfilling a destiny and giving into a love that can transform Michele's curse of immortality to a life blessed with a love he's never known.Will Michele hold fast to his destiny? Can Isabella forget her own troubled past to rescue her lover from his lonely place of solitude? Will their love destroy them or rescue them?