The Blackthorn Key
Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in this suspenseful debut novel.Christopher Rowe, apprentice to Master Apothecary Benedict Blackthorn, is learning all his master’s secrets—like how...
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Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in this suspenseful debut novel.Christopher Rowe, apprentice to Master Apothecary Benedict Blackthorn, is learning all his master’s secrets—like how to decipher complex codes and puzzles, and how to transform simple ingredients
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781481446518 (1481446517)
ASIN: 1481446517
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
I’d been hearing good things about this middle grade book from several people I trust, and it didn’t disappoint! A very enjoyable and dramatic story about alchemists in Restoration England. Christopher has to decipher a series of clues to uncover the shadowy group that murdered his master. It’s also...
Alchemy, plots, murder and a good dose of adventure.Christopher Rowe is an apprentice apothecary, apprenticed to Beneedict Blackthorn. There are a series of murders happening in London, all to Apothecaries and their numbers are getting limited. Only with his friends will Christopher find out what'...