Hearts Under the Sword

When the brilliant but volatile artist Ray Martin walks out of prison after more than a decade, he enters a world more dangerous than the one he left behind. Championed by Leonard Hirsch—the world’s richest painter and an enigmatic patron of the arts—Ray is offered refuge on Lennie’s opulent estate and entry into an intoxicating new world combining wealth, high society, the equestrian life, and esoteric martial arts.But the promise of renewal is a mirage. Haunted by his violent past and tormented by his own destructive impulses, Ray struggles to maintain control. When Lennie’s stunning young wife, Nora, becomes his muse, passions simmer and hidden agendas converge.Set in a pre-digital era of wealth, talent, and primal desire, Hearts Under the Sword is a sharply drawn and darkly comedic psychological drama—a modern fable about ambition, obsession, and the redemptive (or ruinous) power of love and attraction.