The Physician of Pestilence

In a world where faith ruled and knowledge burned, one man dared to question the will of God. Europe, 1347. As the Black Death descends upon the continent, Dr. Matteo di Rossi—an Italian physician devoted to reason over ritual—finds himself condemned for seeking truth in a time of fear. From the dying ports of Genoa to the papal courts of Avignon and the graveyards of Paris, Matteo's search for understanding becomes a battle against superstition, zealotry, and his own fragile humanity. Beside him stand Luca, his loyal apprentice, and Alys, a young healer marked as a witch yet embodying the mercy the Church has forgotten. Together, they risk everything to record their findings in a secret book that will outlive them all—the Codex Vitae, a testament to compassion, science, and the sanctity of breath itself. Spanning centuries—from plague-ridden Europe to the birth of the Renaissance and beyond—The Physician of Pestilence is a sweeping historical epic about faith and defiance, love and legacy, and the eternal struggle to keep knowledge alive when ignorance wields the torch. In the end, one truth remains: The breath remembers.