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Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Prescott Conservatory is an elite but notoriously peculiar music school located in the murky north woods of Michigans Upper Peninsula. Atop the portico of the concert hall is an ancient bronze of Orpheus, the Greek god whose music charmed wild beasts. But Orpheus is empty-handed. He is without his lyre, his instrument of power. Freshman violinist Jacy finds the lyre of Orpheus and discovers the true power of music through its mysterious liberating energy, the echoan ancient, unrelenting sound that releases the talent and the passion she carries inside. She finds that gods can be demons and paradise can be hell. After more than 25 years, the wait is over. Echo is the long-awaited first novel written by Joseph P. DeSario since Sanctuary (Doubleday) came out in 1989. A portion of the net proceeds from Echo (trade paperback and eBook) will be donated to the Pancreatic Research and Pancreas Nurse Navigator Programs at Northwest Community Healthcare in gratitude for the exemplary care received from Dr. Malcolm Bilimoria, his team of healthcare professionals and his colleagues at Northwest Community Healthcare. A quarter-century after the unforgettable Sanctuary, DeSario hasn't lost a step. If anything, he's better than ever: Echo is whip-smart, delightfully weird, and unexpectedly horrifying. It's one of the best genre-benders I've ever read. - Daniel Kraus, author of The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch