In 1791, betrayal, false accusation, ill health, and broken relationships drive two unlikely companions to escape Austria. World-renowned composer Wolfgang Mozart, assumed dead, has instead renounced his career and life in Vienna to cross Europe and the Atlantic accompanied by Carl Bauer, a gifted healer from a small farming community. Eventually, they find themselves in the New World, in new relationships which force them to confront the God who has guided them there. Far in the future, Anna Stohr is helping to settle her aunt's estate when she stumbles upon a mysterious find in an attic in Old Salem, North Carolina. Anna's graduate advisor in musicology helps her investigate the attic's treasure, having no choice but to include an enemy in the search. Two gripping stories, hundreds of years apart, intertwine in a tale of mystery and redemption, culminating in perhaps the greatest musical discovery of all time. Kathy Webster retired from a career in technology at Trinity School of Midland, TX, to return to her first love, classical music, through her writing. She holds a degree in clarinet performance from the UNC School of the Arts, an MA in music history from the University of Missouri and played with the Midland-Odessa Symphony for several years. She has been fascinated with the history of the Moravian Church in Salem, NC, since completing her master's thesis about their composer, David Moritz Michael. The Amadeus Variations gave her a chance to share as well about the life-changing, explosive love of God which she herself discovered while in North Carolina. Kathy serves in several ministries in Mid-Cities Community Church while also editing books for friends. She lives with her husband of 36 years, George, their crazy rescue dog, Ivy, and is close to her daughter, Beth, two grandcats, and one granddog.
