“I read this book with great pleasure. It is historical, but presented with a deeply poetic flourish that renders the narrative dramatic and compelling.”

- Art historian William Tronzo (Ph. D., Harvard), Professor of Art History, Editor of St. Peter's in the Vatican

"A remarkable achievement. An incredible story told in an engaging and unique way...with a deft balance between the historical and poetic narratives."

- Ross Bressler, Ph. D, Professor of Art History at Berklee

Light Upon You is a narrative history of the tomb of the apostle Peter, told from the perspective of a church mouse.

After becoming trapped inside the tomb, the mouse joins the ranks of the Lares, ancient Rome’s guardian deities, and bears witness to all that follows: hidden passageways, ravaging invaders, the wrath of a Pope, and a buried secret unearthed by a careful archaeologist.

An exhaustively researched account, the events and characters are knit from dozens of historical sources including second-century Pagan funerary inscriptions, medieval writings, the Liber Pontificalis (Book of the Popes), Papal letters, newspaper articles, Vatican archaeological records and modern academic research.   

Weaving historical facts into a rich tapestry of imagery, Light Upon You is not just about the bones of a fisherman, but a spellbinding story about tradition and reason, and about finding companionship and solace in the most unlikely of places.