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Author
Series
Wildlands novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
With rumors swirling about the return of a 19th-century wraith that kills in fulfillment of an ancient bargain, Petra Dee, the daughter of an alchemist, and her coyote sidekick, Sig, must get ahead of the new sheriff in town and the unnatural being hunting them all when her partner Gabe is accused of murder.
2) Copper Beach
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Abby Radwell's unusual psychic talent has made her an expert in dealing with paranormal books. After a deadly incident in the library of a collector, Abby receives a threat, and rumors swirl that an old alchemical text known as The Key has reappeared. Convinced she needs an investigator who can also play bodyguard, she hires Sam Coppersmith, a specialist in paranormal crystals. Passion flares immediately between them, but neither entirely trusts the...
Author
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2005-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
As young boys, Edward & Alphonse Elric dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother. As a result, Ed lost one arm and one leg, while Al lost his entire body and had his spirit sealed into a suit of armor. Now, they are searching for the fabled Philosopher's Stone to restore what they've lost.
Author
Series
Wildlands novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Petra Dee and her immortal husband, Gabe, have been trying to gain a toehold in what passes for ordinary life in Temperance, Wyoming--a wickedly enchanted land founded generations ago by the alchemist, Lascaris. Petra may be adept when it comes to the uncanny, but as a reasoned geologist, Petra still can't fathom the wildfires suddenly engulfing Yellowstone National Park, or why Gabe claims to have seen the sky explode in flames. The answers could...
7) Witch Creek
Author
Series
Wildlands novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the backcountry of Yellowstone, evil moves below the surface. In the next chapter in Laura Bickle's critically acclaimed Wildlands series, the daughter of an alchemist, Petra Dee has battled supernatural horrors and experienced astonishing wonders. But there's no magic on earth that can defeat her recent cancer diagnosis, or help find her missing husband, Gabriel. Still, she would bet all her remaining days that the answer to his disappearance...
Author
Series
The Alchemists' Council volume 2
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
viii, 402 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rebel scribe Genevre, exploring secreted libraries with Dragonsblood pulsing through her young veins, accidentally discovers a 5th-Council manuscript with a long-forgotten alchemical formula whose implications could permanently transform both the Alchemists' Council and the Rebel Branch. A revolution looms as High Azoth Dracaen strengthens the power of the Rebel Branch, Cedar and Saule take treacherous steps against fellow alchemists, and the unprecedented...
Author
Series
The alchemist's council volume 1
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xvii, 421 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a new Initiate with the Alchemists' Council, Jaden is trained to maintain the elemental balance of the world, while fending off interference by the malevolent Rebel Branch. Bees are disappearing from the pages of the ancient manuscripts in Council dimension and from the outside world, threatening its very existence. Jaden navigates alchemy's complexities, but the more she learns, the more she begins to question Council practices. Erasure - a procedure...
12) Blue and gold
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
99 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
13) The toy brother
Author
Language
English
Description
An apprentice alchemist finds that his despised kid brother is the only one who can help him when he concocts a potion which makes him the size of a peanut.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the authors show, the writings of medieval alchemists may seem like the ravings of brain-addled fools, but there is more to the story than that. Recent scholarship has shown that some seemingly nonsensical mysticism is, in fact, decipherable code, and Western European alchemists functioned from a firmer theoretical foundation than previously thought. They had a guiding principle, based on experience: separate and purify materials by fire and reconstitute...
16) Madly
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Samantha's ability to mix potions is needed when her family is summoned to take part in an ancient quest to save Princess Evelyn from a potion gone awry, but will curing the princess doom Samantha's chance at love?
18) The After-room
Author
Series
Apothecary series volume 3
Language
English
Description
Teenagers Janie and Benjamin continue to explore the secrets of the Pharmacopoeia while Benjamin risks everything to find a way to connect with his father.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
43 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The royal alchemist's dog Sophia is able to discover for herself the secret of making gold, but when the king comes to visit he finds treasure of a different kind.
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