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The Alchemist's Code

by Dave Duncan

Historical Fantasy
Published 2008 Pages 324 ~5h Audience Adult Pacing Mixed Magic Soft
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Darkness Level 3 โ€” Serious
Death, violence and emotional weight are present

Synopsis

It is said the legendary Maestro Nostradamus is able to glimpse the ever-changing future, but even he cannot see the danger that is about to envelop him when he is hired to find a foreign spy by Veniceโ€™s ruling Council of Ten. Especially since the only clues are the spyโ€™s intercepted messages, encoded in a seemingly unbreakable cipher. But Nostradaโ€ฆ

Tropes

ProphecyPolitical IntrigueQuest

Tone

MysteriousDark & SeriousAdventurous

Content Warnings

graphic-violencetorture

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