title: A New Life of Dante: Revised and Updated
author:  Stephen Bemrose 
description: <DIV><P>&#8220;[This book] deserves to become recommended reading for undergraduates, especially those approaching Dante for the first time.&#8221;</P></DIV> (Simon Gilson <i>Modern Languages Review</i>)
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  For thousands of years the Elementals have chosen people to be their vessels
  as they help control the natural world and protect the people in it. Dante,
  Elijah, Stephen, and Christian are the latest generation of vessels. Stephen
  and Christian are destined to be together as Wind and Earth; Dante and Elijah
  as Water and Fire.
  
  
  
  
  
  Then Elijah dies abruptly, tearing Dante apart.
  
  
  
  
  
  Fire is reborn in Nicholai, and destined to be Dante's new mate—but Dante
  doesn't want someone new, and Nicholai is far too young to understand his new
  role and all his future will hold. As the years pass and Nicholai grows,
  Dante's constant refusals harden Nicholai against their bond, straining the
  relationship between all the vessels.
  
  
  
  
  
  But if they're going to protect the world and ensure a future—for themselves
  and everyone else—they'll have to find a way to get beyond their pasts and let
  old wounds heal.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  