"Hannibal
Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the
Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute,
with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly
alone, but he has brought his demons with
him. Hannibal's Uncle, a noted painter,
finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings
him to France, where Hannibal will live
with his uncle and his uncle's beautiful
and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki. Lady Murasaki
helps Hannibal to heal. With her help, he
flourishes, becoming the youngest person
ever admitted to medical school in France.
But Hannibal's demons visit him and torment
him. When he is old enough, he visits them
in turn. He discovers he has gifts beyond
the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal
Lecter becomes death's prodigy"
—
HANNIBAL
RISING
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