But the arrival of the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment weakened its power and endangered its practitioners. They prove that magic actually existed and was practiced for centuries. Tristan needs Mel to translate some very old documents, which, if authentic, are earth-shattering. The only condition: she must sign a nondisclosure agreement in return for the rather large sum of money. The young man from a shadowy government entity approaches Mel, a low-level faculty member, with an incredible offer. When Melisande Stokes, an expert in linguistics and languages, accidently meets military intelligence operator Tristan Lyons in a hallway at Harvard University, it is the beginning of a chain of events that will alter their lives and human history itself. From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.
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