KLEOS
/def./ (Ancient Greek: κλÎος) translated to "renown", "fame", or "glory". Carries the implied meaning of "what others hear about you."
This book tells the alluring (yet sickening) story of Riccardo, a Renaissance artist who is fortunate enough to be under the patronage of the illustrious Medici family, working amongst revolutionary artists of the time. He, hedonistic and entirely different to his friends, follows a lifestyle that the Florentines repel with their very identity, and creates art that others are too afraid to immortalise. The promise and idea of fame roots itself in his mind and makes him obsessed. He becomes tangled in the schemes of the most mysterious family of Florence, and in a romance with someone he never would have expected.