Wormwood /

Taylor, G. P.,

Wormwood / [print] G.P. Taylor. - Lake Mary, Florida : Realms, (c)2005. - vii, 273 pages : map ; 21 cm

Wormwood -- Pulvis humani cranum -- The apothecary -- Inigo alley -- Burnt wings and periwigs -- Malus maleficia -- The Bibblewick of London bridge -- Liberato per mortem -- Hebdomada mortium -- Handshake from a golden bough -- The kadesh of blood -- Widdershins -- Sui sudarium -- The chimera -- Timeo daemones et Donna Ferentes -- Herba Sacra -- Aurora Sanguinea -- Rumskin Ashmodai -- Carriages and comets -- Morbus Gallicus -- Salve, Regina, Mater Misericordiae, Gemara Ge-Hinnom -- Le Grand Denouement -- Optime Disputasti -- Seidkona -- Hamartia -- Summis Desiderantes -- Lunar Lustrum.

In 1756, as a deadly comet hurtles toward London, Dr. Sabian Blake and his fourteen-year-old housemaid, Agetta, struggle against dark forces that seek an ancient, powerful book in Blake's possession that would enable them to carry out an evil plan in which Agetta unknowingly plays a pivotal role.



9781591858874

2005283926


Leisure Reading
Fiction

PZ7.T241.W676 2005 PZ7