The Hand of Dante

A priceless manuscript of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy passes from a priest's hands into the domain of a New York mob boss. Nick Tosches, a man of the underworld, is called upon to authenticate the manuscript, and from the moment he takes it, he is drawn into a bloody struggle over a rare cultural treasure. Meanwhile, centuries earlier in medieval Italy, Dante, trapped in his own spiritual crisis, struggles and searches as he writes the epic poem line by line. Two timelines intertwine across the ages, as a fragile manuscript binds together centuries of desire, fate, and the eternal weight of literature.