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An epic adventure from a master storyteller.
Penguin
September 2004
272 pages
ISBN: 0399242570
Hardcover
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Young Adult | Science Fiction
Panic fills the streets of London on a night in 1756 when
the earth suddenly lurches forward and starts spinning out
of control. Within moments, eleven days and nights flash
through the sky, finally leaving the city in total
darkness. Is the end of the world at hand? Agetta Lamian fears so. She's the young housemaid of Dr.
Sabian Blake, a scientist who has recently acquired the
Nemorensis, the legendary book said to unlock the secrets
of the universe. And what he sees through his telescope
confirms what he has read: This disaster is only a sign of
things to come. Agetta overhears Dr. Blake's prophecy that
a star called Wormwood is headed toward London, where it
will fall from the sky and strike a fatal blow. Dr. Blake believes the comet will either end the world as
he knows it or hearken a new age of scientific and
spiritual enlightenment. Soon even Agetta seems to have
been seduced by the book, and whom she ultimately delivers
it to will determine much more than just her fate.
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