Download or read book Tears of the Salamander written by Peter Dickinson and published by Wendy Lamb Books. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfredo, a choir boy in 18th-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, and his mysterious Uncle Giorgio spirits him away to their ancestral home below a volcano. There he learns that Uncle Giorgio is the Master of the Mountain; he can control the volcano. He is also an alchemist, able to make gold from the tears of the fiery salamander he captured from the heart of the mountain. Alfredo is his heir, the next Master; and as Alfredo learns the history of his family and its power, he begins to suspect that his uncle is actually a fearsome sorcerer.