Justinian touched him, emperors and kings worshiped him, even Mohammed II the Conqueror respected him. It lasted fifteen hundred years. And now, hidden in the holy land of Patmos, in the monastery of Saint John the Theologian, the Purple Code – an ancient parchment written with an eagle's feather – listens to his silence and measures his glory in the dark. Its pilgrim and conservator is Christodoulos Pavlidis, who dedicated his ascetic life to guarding the sacred relics, which rest in the rare and breathtaking library. With the same bated breath, Christodoulos saw Isabella Auditore, an Italian architect who was on the island. Their fates collided dramatically. And this squealing reached as far as the Purple Code, El Greco's Christ Coming and other masterpieces that came in between...

A shocking narrative, painted in purple colors.