Edward Mercer went to Venice on a simple job—to locate a man called Gian Uccello. Mercer's reasons for wanting Uccello were innocent, but he was to learn the hard way that Uccello was not one man but many men—genius, hero, thief, impersonator, assassin... Through the darkness of the Venetian streets and canals, Mercer tried to track down a man he had never seen. Then something happened and Mercer knew he had to find Uccello or be torn apart by a furious crowd that wanted only one thing—his life...