Holy Fool
Nicked
By M. T. Anderson
27 Nov, 2025
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M. T. Anderson’s 2024 Nicked is a stand-alone historical heist novel.
Bari, an Italian city on the Adriatic, is plagued by 1) Normans, and by 2) disease. While there is no known cure for the first, the bones of St. Nicolas are said to exude a miraculous elixir that heals disease. Indeed, were the bones in Bari, not only would the Italian city’s medical misfortunes be erased, legions of the faithful would flock to Bari and fill the city’s coffers.
Alas, the sacred bones are not in Bari, nor have they ever been. They are where they have rested for the last seven hundred years, in distant Myra, more than 1300 kilometres away.
Enter Brother Nicephorus.