Pier Simone Marrocchesi was born in Siena (Italy). A particle physicist and university professor, he worked at CERN and on cosmic-ray research with balloon launches from Antarctica. At present, he is co-PI of an experiment aboard the International Space Station. A fan of hard science fiction, this is his first novel under the pen name of Pier Marr.
Herculaneum, 79 AD - On the day of the historical Vesuvius eruption, some unusual artefacts were hidden within the mysterious Villa of the Papyri. They remained buried for centuries beneath a thick layer of mud and lava, until the mid-nineteenth century.
