The Collector's Tithe

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. The Mona Lisa was the cage. The collector has come for the man who built it. Florence, 1503. Artists are vanishing behind shuttered doors, and the thing that wears Lisa del Giocondo's face is still whispering through the cracks of the world. Leonardo came home to fight one hunger. He finds a city being farmed. Vincenzo de' Neroni survived the Black Death by making himself useful to the things that feed. For a century and a half he has cultivated artists, merchants, soldiers and priests. Now he has chosen his masterpiece: Leonardo, the only painter who ever built a cage instead of a feast. Running will not save him. Keepers who run are only harvested tired. The next novel in The Painted Souls, after The Mona Lisa Cage. For readers of The Da Vinci Code, Mexican Gothic, and The Historian. Nearly twelve hours, candle-dark, read for the small hours. Unabridged. Duration - 11h 57m. Author - Leo Di Lux. Narrator - Digital Voice Leonardo F E. Published Date - Tuesday, 20 January 2026. Copyright - © 2026 Leo Di Lux ©.