Newton's Cannon
Come on a journey sideways through time, and lose yourself in a world both deeply familiar and wondrously strange. In 1681, Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy, and successfully unleashes Philosopher's Mercury, the key to manipulating the four elements. Powerful...
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Come on a journey sideways through time, and lose yourself in a world both deeply familiar and wondrously strange. In 1681, Sir Isaac Newton turns his restless mind to the ancient art of alchemy, and successfully unleashes Philosopher's Mercury, the key to manipulating the four elements. Powerful kings will battle to control it, till London itself is threatened with obliteration by a hellish device unless a pair of unlikely geniuses can defuse it in time. This is a fantasy woven from the stuff of history, an enthralling quest whose outcome may raise humanity to unparalleled heights or bring down the curtain of endless night.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330419970 (0330419978)
Publish date: 1998
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: Age of Unreason (#1)
I just read "Dark Matter," which puts the character of Isaac Newton in a Sherlock Holmes-type role, so when I realized I had another book featuring Mr. Newton, I decided to compare and contrast.Well, this book isn't so much about Isaac Newton. It's actually more about Ben Franklin. (!) But then agai...
This one started a bit slow but got better and better as it went along. About a quarter of the way through it suddenly became a real page-turner. I've read a number of reviews complaining about the ending. I didn't have a problem with it, as I knew this was the first in a series. And I'll now be on ...
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