Sparks of Bright Matter

I 1700-talets London kan det vara livsfarligt att besitta för mycket kunskap. När alkemisten Peter Woulfe får i uppdrag att vakta en mystisk bok dras han in i en dödlig katt och råtta lek. Vad är det som gör att alla vill åt just den här boken? Svaret på den frågan verkar till viss del finnas dolt i hans vaga barndomsminnen, samtidigt som det även sträcker sig ända till den irländska mytologins absoluta ursprung.

In 18th century London, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A lot of knowledge is deadly.

When ambitious apprentice chemist and secret alchemist Peter Woulfe is tasked with caring for a mysterious illustrated book, the Mutus Liber, he quickly realises that the grimy underworld of Georgian London is even more dangerous than he first believed.

Soon the book is stolen by the light-fingered Sukie and Peter finds himself being pursued by threatening men who are willing to do anything to get the book back. Where in teeming London might Sukie be found? Why is Peter so enthralled by her? And what is it about the Mutus Liber that is so enticing? As the search for the book becomes an urgent game of cat and mouse, it seems that the key to Peter's present dilemma might only be found in half-remembered events from his childhood, and then further back still, in the mists of Irish myth.