1714, England. The brilliant, enigmatic Master of the Mint and closet alchemist, Isaac Newton, and his arch nemesis, the insidious counterfeiter Jack the Coiner, have waged a long-running secret war in London. As Half-Cocked Jack hatches a daring plan aimed at total corruption of Britain's newborn monetary system, hostilities are suddenly rising to a new and more volatile level.
This is where Daniel Waterhouse comes in: Daniel, an ageing Puritan and Natural Philosopher, has been on a long and arduous effort to help heal the schism between rival minds. Political factions jockey for position while awaiting the impending death of the ailing queen, and the "holy grail" of alchemy, the key to eternal life, tantalizes and eludes Isaac Newton as Daniel combs city and country for clues to the identity of the blackguard who is attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers.
Everything that was will be changed forever when Newton, Waterhouse, and Shaftoe draw closer to the target of Daniel's quest...
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Daniel understood the complaint. For Daniel, too, had once designed a building, and savored the thrill of seeing it built, only to endure the long indignity of watching the owner clutter it up with knick-knacks and furniture.
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