Set in the early 18th
century and featuring a diverse cast of characters that includes
alchemists, philosophers, mathematicians, spies, thieves, pirates, and
royalty, The System of the World follows Daniel Waterhouse, an
unassuming philosopher and confidant to some of the most brilliant minds
of the age, as he returns to England to try and repair the rift between
geniuses Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. After
reluctantly leaving his family in Boston, Waterhouse arrives in England
and is almost killed by a mysterious Infernal Device. Having been away
from the war-decimated country for two decades, Waterhouse quickly
learns that although many things have changed, there is still violent
revolution simmering just beneath the surface of seemingly civilized
society. With Queen Anne deathly ill and Tories and Whigs jostling for
political supremacy, Waterhouse and Newton vow to figure out who is
trying to kill certain scientists and decipher the riddle behind the
legend of King Solomon's gold, a mythical hoard of precious metal with
miraculous properties.
Description:
Set in the early 18th century and featuring a diverse cast of characters that includes alchemists, philosophers, mathematicians, spies, thieves, pirates, and royalty, The System of the World follows Daniel Waterhouse, an unassuming philosopher and confidant to some of the most brilliant minds of the age, as he returns to England to try and repair the rift between geniuses Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. After reluctantly leaving his family in Boston, Waterhouse arrives in England and is almost killed by a mysterious Infernal Device. Having been away from the war-decimated country for two decades, Waterhouse quickly learns that although many things have changed, there is still violent revolution simmering just beneath the surface of seemingly civilized society. With Queen Anne deathly ill and Tories and Whigs jostling for political supremacy, Waterhouse and Newton vow to figure out who is trying to kill certain scientists and decipher the riddle behind the legend of King Solomon's gold, a mythical hoard of precious metal with miraculous properties.