The Rule of Four

the long version

Two students, Tom and Paul, are a hair's breadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili - a renowned text attributed to an Italian nobleman. For Tom, the research has a link to his family's past - and an obstacle to the woman he loves. For Paul, it has become an obsession, a reason for living. But as their deadline looms, research has stalled. And when a fellow researcher is murdered just hours later, Tom and Paul realize that they are not the first to glimpse the Hypnerotom