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The Philosopher's Apprentice
James Morrow
William Morrow
March 2008
On Sale: April 7, 2008
432 pages
ISBN: 006135144X
EAN: 9780061351440
Hardcover
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A brilliant philosopher with a talent for self-destruction,
Mason Ambrose has torpedoed a promising academic career and
now faces a dead-end future. Before joining the ranks of
the unemployed, however, he's approached by a
representative of billionaire geneticist Dr. Edwina
Sabacthani, who makes him an offer no starving ethicist
could refuse. Born and bred on Isla de Sangre, a private
island off the Florida coast, Edwina's beautiful and
intelligent adolescent daughter, Londa, has recently
survived a freak accident that destroyed both her memory
and her sense of right and wrong. Londa's soul, in short,
is an empty vessel—and it will be Mason's job to fill it. Exploring his new surroundings, our hero encounters a lush
Eden abounding in bizarre animals and strange vegetation
engineered by Edwina and her misanthropic collaborator, Dr.
Vincent Charnock. And Londa, though totally lacking a
conscience, proves a vivacious young woman who quickly
captivates her new teacher as he attempts to recalibrate
her moral compass with the help of Western civilization's
greatest ethical thinkers, living and dead. But there's trouble in this tropical paradise. Mason soon
learns that he isn't the only private tutor on Isla de
Sangre, nor is Londa the only child in residence whose
conscience is a blank slate. How many daughters does Edwina
Sabacthani really have, and how did she bring them into
being? Undaunted by these mysteries, Mason continues to instruct
Londa, hoping that she can lead a normal life when she
eventually ventures forth into human society. His
apprentice, however, has a different agenda. Her head
crammed with lofty ideals, her heart brimming with fearsome
benevolence, and her bank account filled to bursting, Londa
undertakes to remake our fallen world in her own image—by
any and all means necessary.
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