Under the Witches' Moon


Read by Bill Boerst

(4.3 stars; 7 reviews)

The scene is Rome, 935 A.D. Thirty-year-old Tristan, dressed as a pilgrim, overhears a conversation between Basil, the Grand Chamberlain, and Il Gobbo, his assistant. After the two have left, Tristan continues to observe the revelry on the Eve of St. John. Suddenly a chariot containing a beautiful woman stops before him. They exchange words. He kisses her hand. Then she moves on, leaving him to ponder her beauty as he returns to the inn where he is staying. That night he has an enchanting and haunting dream of him together with another woman.

Morning makes more sense of the dream. He was in love with Hellayne, who sent him away to Rome so that he could do penance for the sin of love. This explains why he is now in Rome. The next morning, as he walks into the heart of Rome, what he observes is a city torn between the debauchery of a fallen classical greatness and the promise of a new Christian awakening.

This is the backdrop against which a city struggles to realize its greatness and a man struggles to realize his love for woman and for God. (Bill Boerst) (13 hr 28 min)

Chapters

01 - Book I, Chapter 1 - The Fires of St. John 19:23 Read by Bill Boerst
02 - Book I, Chapter 2 - The Weaving of the Spell 11:14 Read by Bill Boerst
03 - Book I, Chapter 3 - The Dream Lady of Avalon 17:03 Read by Bill Boerst
04 - Book I, Chapter 4 - The Way of the Cross 15:10 Read by Bill Boerst
05 - Book I, Chapter 5 - On the Aventine 13:11 Read by Bill Boerst
06 - Book I, Chapter 6 - The Coup 25:58 Read by Bill Boerst
07 - Book I, Chapter 7 - Masks and Mummers 13:12 Read by Bill Boerst
08 - Book I, Chapter 8 - The Shrine of Hekate 23:53 Read by Bill Boerst
09 - Book I, Chapter 9 - The Game of Love 20:18 Read by Bill Boerst
10 - Book I, Chapter 10 - A Spirit Pageant 13:49 Read by Bill Boerst
11 - Book I, Chapter 11 - The Denunciation 9:18 Read by Bill Boerst
12 - Book I, Chapter 12 - The Confession 18:54 Read by Bill Boerst
13 - Book II, Chapter 1 - The Grand Chamberlain 24:33 Read by Bill Boerst
14 - Book II, Chapter 2 - The Call of Eblis 10:56 Read by Bill Boerst
15 - Book II, Chapter 3 - The Crystal Sphere 21:58 Read by Bill Boerst
16 - Book II, Chapter 4 - Persephone 10:34 Read by Bill Boerst
17 - Book II, Chapter 5 - Magic Glooms 15:00 Read by Bill Boerst
18 - Book II, Chapter 6 - The Lure of the Abyss 12:42 Read by Bill Boerst
19 - Book II, Chapter 7 - The Face in the Panel 10:10 Read by Bill Boerst
20 - Book II, Chapter 8 - The Shadow of Asrael 25:53 Read by Bill Boerst
21 - Book II, Chapter 9A - The Feast of Theodora 17:15 Read by Bill Boerst
22 - Book II, Chapter 9B - The Feast of Theodora 14:54 Read by Bill Boerst
23 - Book II, Chapter 10 - The Chalice of Oblivion 26:33 Read by Bill Boerst
24 - Book III, Chapter 1- Wolfsbane 15:10 Read by Bill Boerst
25 - Book III, Chapter 2 - Under the Saffron Scarf 16:07 Read by Bill Boerst
26 - Book III, Chapter 3 - Dark Plottings 18:13 Read by Bill Boerst
27 - Book III, Chapter 4 - Face to Face 15:34 Read by Bill Boerst
28 - Book III, Chapter 5 - The Cressets of Doom 19:11 Read by Bill Boerst
29 - Book III, Chapter 6 - A Meeting of Ghosts 20:00 Read by Bill Boerst
30 - Book III, Chapter 7 - A Bower of Eden 17:40 Read by Bill Boerst
31 - Book III, Chapter 8 - An Italian Night 19:34 Read by Bill Boerst
32 - Book III, Chapter 9 - The Net of the Fowler 14:13 Read by Bill Boerst
33 - Book III, Chapter 10 - Devil Worship 11:42 Read by Bill Boerst
34 - Book III, Chapter 11 - By Lethe's Shores 17:34 Read by Bill Boerst
35 - Book III, Chapter 12 - The Death Watch 20:44 Read by Bill Boerst
36 - Book III, Chapter 13 - The Convent in Trastevere 10:58 Read by Bill Boerst
37 - Book III, Chapter 14 - The Phantom of the Lateran 13:51 Read by Bill Boerst
38 - Book IV, Chapter 1 - The Return of the Moor 7:28 Read by Bill Boerst
39 - Book IV, Chapter 2 - The Escape from San Angelo 19:03 Read by Bill Boerst
40 - Book IV, Chapter 3 - The Lure 19:12 Read by Bill Boerst
41 - Book IV, Chapters 4 (A Lying Oracle) and 5 (Bitter Waters) 20:56 Read by Bill Boerst
42 - Book IV, Chapter 6 - From Dream to Dream 23:43 Read by Bill Boerst
43 - Book IV, Chapter 7 - A Roman Medea 20:38 Read by Bill Boerst
44 - Book IV, Chapters 8 (In Tenebris) and 9 (The Conspiracy) 22:10 Read by Bill Boerst
45 - Book IV, Chapter 10 - The Broken Spell 24:09 Read by Bill Boerst
46 - Book IV, Chapter 11 - The Black Mass 23:26 Read by Bill Boerst
47 - Book IV, Chapter 12 - Sunrise 4:58 Read by Bill Boerst