The Colour Storm

Venice, 1510. The world’s greatest artists gather to enjoy fame, fortune and colour. Once a rising star, painter Giorgione ‘Zorzo’ Barbarelli’s career hangs in the balance. Until he hears rumours of a mysterious new pigment, brought to Venice by a wealthy merchant. When Zorzo wins a commission to paint a portrait of the merchant’s wife, Sybille, he draws ever closer to acquiring the most coveted colour it the world – and writing his name in history. But is Sybille whose eye he catches. And when their relationship drags Zorzo into a conspiracy spanning Europe, it is far more than his career that is in danger…