Critical Praise

"Pears leaves us with a dream, not only of destruction, but of immense and unexpected heroism."

——Boston Globe

"An entirely satisfying symphony of story and substance…ingeniously imagined."

——Washington Post

"Braiding together parallel plots of romance and political intrigue set in Provence during three dark eras, The Dream of Scipio is a murder mystery on the grandest scale…[Pears] invests his complex story with piquancy, irony, and humor. There is much to ponder here, from Neoplatonic philosophy to anti-Semitism to public duty….Eye-opening."

——People

"Pears builds a multilayered tale of moral choice, love, danger and loss. Like an archaeologist, he uncovers worlds in a few square miles of Provençal earth."

——The New York Times Book Review