Synopsis: An apothecary clerk and her ex-mercenary allies travel across the world to discover a computing engine that leads to secrets she wasn't meant to know--secrets that could destroy humanity. Eight months ago, Rowena Downshire was a half-starved black market courier darting through the shadows of Corma's underside. Today, she's a (mostly) respectable clerk in the Alchemist's infamous apothecary shop, the Stone Scales, and certainly the last girl one would think qualified to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders a second time. Looks can be deceiving. When Anselm Meteron and the Alchemist receive an invitation to an old acquaintance's ball--the Greatduke who financed their final, disastrous mercenary mission fourteen years earlier--they're expecting blackmail, graft, or veiled threats related to the plot to steal the secrets of the Creator's Grand Experiment. They aren't expecting a job offer they can't refuse or a trip halfway across the world to rendezvous with the scholar whose research threw their lives into tumult: the Reverend Doctor Phillip Chalmers. Escorting Chalmers to the Grand Library of Nippon with her mismatched mercenary family is just a grand adventure to Rowena until she discovers a powerful algebraic engine called the Aggregator. The Aggregator leads Rowena to questions about the Grand Experiment she was never meant to ask and answers she cannot be allowed to possess. With her reunited friends, Rowena must find a way to use the truths hidden in the Grand Library to disarm those who would hunt down the nine subjects of the Creator's Grand Experiment, threatening to close the book on this world.
About the Author: Tracy Townsend is the author of The Nine, the first book of The Thieves of Fate series, and a short story, "Late Arrivals," published by Luna Station Quarterly in March 2016. She holds a master's degree in writing and rhetoric from DePaul University and a bachelor's degree in creative writing from DePauw University, a source of regular consternation when proofreading her credentials. She is chair of the English Department at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, an elite public boarding school, where she teaches creative writing and science fiction and fantasy literature. She has been a martial arts instructor, a stage combat and accent coach, and a short-order cook for houses full of tired gamers. Now she lives in Bolingbrook, Illinois with two bumptious hounds, two remarkable children, and one very patient husband.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
My Review: Although I still did love this one I do have to say that this one was not as good as book one. This one had some major issues for me with the pacing due to the fact that a lot of it was way too detailed. Otherwise this book was still very good, totally worth it, and I can not wait for another one. If you think things will be all tied up at the end of this one be ready for disappointment. This one ends on a killer cliffhanger and I am dying for the next book. Overall, this one is full of religion, science fiction, fantasy, and some of the best characters I've read in a while. It has a great blend of topics and characters and one killer story.
One last thing about this title is how much I am in love with the cover!! My god I love this cover so much!!!
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
My Review: Although I still did love this one I do have to say that this one was not as good as book one. This one had some major issues for me with the pacing due to the fact that a lot of it was way too detailed. Otherwise this book was still very good, totally worth it, and I can not wait for another one. If you think things will be all tied up at the end of this one be ready for disappointment. This one ends on a killer cliffhanger and I am dying for the next book. Overall, this one is full of religion, science fiction, fantasy, and some of the best characters I've read in a while. It has a great blend of topics and characters and one killer story.
One last thing about this title is how much I am in love with the cover!! My god I love this cover so much!!!
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