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On an eighteenth-century Earth crippled by alchemical disaster, a secret American cabal led by Benjamin Franklin strives to prevent the annihilation of humankind The dark magic that the great alchemist Sir Isaac Newton inadvertently unleashed with his discovery of philosopher's mercury has taken a devastating toll on Earth: The destruction of Europe and the advent of eternal winter have aided the mysterious malakim in their apparent quest for the annihilation of the human race. In the show more American colonies, Benjamin Franklin hones his alchemical skills and prepares the Junto--his secret cabal of scientists, Native American tribesmen, former slaves, and fugitive European intellectuals--for the upcoming battle for humankind's survival as the army of the Scottish "pretender" king James Stuart invades the continent to reestablish British dominion. Meanwhile, on the other side of a shockingly diminished world, in the court of the mysteriously vanished Peter the Great, the missing tsar's chief alchemist, Adrienne de Mornay de Montchevreuil, prepares to depart Russia in search of her lost son, who may well be at the heart of the conspiracy of malevolent angels to eliminate the human scourge. The third volume in author Greg Keyes's ingenious Age of Unreason alternate history series, Empire of Unreason broadens the story, elevates the action, and reveals secrets within secrets as the surviving inhabitants of this different, endangered world race frantically toward a climactic confrontation. show lessTags
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The continuation of his Unreason series. The action expands to the New World, where the Americans struggle against the same evil forces as the rest of the world, in this strange combination of sorcery and science. This is almost alternate history, but much more fantasy than alternate history. Its neat to see historical characters in quite different circumstances, and its fascinating to see where the story is going.
Mar12:
Characters: Moved to older Ben. This lost a lot for me. Didn't really like the other "matured" characters. Red Shoes was the most likable.
Plot: I liked the idea of "Fortress America" but it got bogged down in minutia.
Style: Tried to be grown up. Should have gone back to mystical.
Characters: Moved to older Ben. This lost a lot for me. Didn't really like the other "matured" characters. Red Shoes was the most likable.
Plot: I liked the idea of "Fortress America" but it got bogged down in minutia.
Style: Tried to be grown up. Should have gone back to mystical.
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61+ Works 14,018 Members
Greg Keyes is the New York Times best-selling author of
the novels The Waterborn, The Blackgod, plus The Age of
Unreason tetralogy. He has also written the Star Wars:
New Jedi Order novels Edge of Victory I: Conquest, Edge
of Victory II: Rebirth, and The Final Prophecy, as well as
tie-ins to the popular Elder Scrolls video game franchise.
He lives show more in Savannah, Georgia. show less
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- Canonical title
- Empire of Unreason
- Original title
- Empire of Unreason
- Original publication date
- 2000
- Original language
- English
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, French, German
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- Paper, Ebook
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- 12
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