"Discovered floating in a basket along the canals of Venice, Sebastien Trovato wrestles with questions of his origins. Decades later, on an assignment to translate a rare book, Daniel Goodman finds himself embroiled in a web of secrets carefully kept within the ancient city and in the mystery of the man whose story the book does not finish: Sebastien"-- 1807: A baby is discovered floating in a basket along the canals of Venice; a guild of artisans take him in and teach him their trades. Sebastien Trovato wrestles with questions of his origins, but it isn't until a woman washes ashore on his lagoon island that answers emerge. 1904: On an assignment to translate a rare book, Daniel Goodman hopes to redeem a past laden with regrets. Instead he finds himself embroiled in a web of secrets carefully kept within the ancient city-- and in the mystery of the man whose story the book does not finish: Sebastien Trovato. -- adapted from back cover Provided by publisher.