Newton's Cannon
In this stunning new novel, acclaimed author J. Gregory Keyes charts a
course sideways through time. Come with him to a world both deeply
familiar and wondrously strange. Lose yourself in a fantasy woven from
the stuff of history, a dazzling quest whose outcome will raise humanity to unparalleled heights of glory – or ring down a curtain of endless
night...
NEWTON'S CANNON
1681: Sir Isaac Newton turns
his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy. He achieves an
unprecedented breakthrough, unleashing Philosopher's Mercury, a primal
source of matter and a key to manipulating the four elements of Earth,
Air, Fire, and Water. Now, Louis XIV of France and George I of England
battle for its control. As English armies push nearer to Paris, Louis
calls for a new weapon – a mysterious device known only as Newton's
Cannon.
Amidst the decadence of Versailles, courtiers and poseurs plot and scheme. And Adrienne de Montchevreuil, an impecunious
noblewoman of great beauty and unsuspected talents, labors to unlock the mystery of Newton's Cannon before it is too late – for her King, for her country... for herself.
In Boston a half a world away, a
young apprentice by the name of Benjamin Franklin stumbles across a
dangerous secret. Pursued by a powerful and deadly enemy – half
scientist, half sorcerer – Ben makes his fugitive way to England. Only
Newton himself can help him now. But who will help Sir Isaac? For Newton was not the first to unleash the Philosopher's Mercury. Others were
there before him. Creatures as scornful of science as they are of
mankind. And burning to be rid of both...
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