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In a sweeping epic of dazzling magic, soaring suspense, and dark longing, three immortal souls are united by fate and a fearless ambition that will change the course of history–even as it destroys their own way of life
Ballantine Books
July 2003
On Sale: July 1, 2003
Featuring: Randolf Sontime; Anne Kramer
240 pages
ISBN: 034546236X
EAN: 9780345462367
Paperback
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Thriller Paranormal - Supernatural
On an upper floor of a plush, high-security building on
Central Park West, an elegant man sits in the office of Dr.
Anne Kramer, confessing to the heinous murder that has
horrified the modern world. Randolf Sontime is renowned for
his personal charm, and Dr. Kramer is fighting to keep from
falling victim to it. For the first time in her life, she
truly understands the meaning of the word "charisma." Not
knowing that her own destiny is irrevocably tied to his,
Anne Kramer listens to the story of Sontime's
life.
"It began with the magic, you see. And so,
perforce, must I." As a boy named Han at the House of
Ra, an isolated oasis in the Egyptian desert of a far
ancient time, Sontime lived in privilege. There the chosen
were trained in the science of alchemy–magic,
philosophy, miracles. Only two other initiates were as
skilled as he: Akan, quiet and studious, a boy whose thirst
for knowledge was matched only by his hunger for truth; and
Nefar, beautiful and brilliant, a girl as filled with wonder
and unfathomable ambition as Han himself. Together they
discovered that in union, theirs was a power unmatched in
the physical world.
But even in the House of Ra,
there were boundaries to be observed, knowledge that only
the masters understood and feared. As the threesome's thirst
for answers–and for each other–deepened, they
were tempted by the dark arts that they had sworn to avoid.
"Look at three magnificent youths who stand astride your
world and scoff at the rules you must obey. . . . Look at
us, and call us gods." Their power was palpable, their
desire total–until the fateful moment when their
alliance was forever damned, their gifts horribly
corrupted.
A seductive work that seethes with mystery
and passion, The Alchemist hurtles readers back
through time to an era when magic was sacred and the
workings of the world lay in the hands of a few gifted, but
tortured souls. In a stunning feat of unbridled imagination,
Donna Boyd has created her most hypnotic novel to date.
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