β Scribed by Keyes, Greg
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On an eighteenth-century Earth crippled by alchemical disaster, a secret American cabal led by Benjamin Franklin strives to prevent the annihilation of humankind
The dark magic that the great alchemist Sir Isaac Newton inadvertently unleashed with his discovery of philosopher's mercury has taken a devastating toll on Earth: The destruction of Europe and the advent of eternal winter have aided the mysterious malakim in their apparent quest for the annihilation of the human race.
In the American colonies, Benjamin Franklin hones his alchemical skills and prepares the Juntoβhis secret cabal of scientists, Native American tribesmen, former slaves, and fugitive European intellectualsβfor the upcoming battle for humankind's survival as the army of the Scottish "pretender" king James Stuart invades the continent to reestablish British dominion.
Meanwhile, on the other side of a shockingly diminished world, in the court of the...
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