By Philip Kerr
In 1696, Christopher Ellis, a tender, hot-tempered gentleman, is shipped to the Tower of London, yet now not as a prisoner. A surprising coincidence has led him there to aid the popular scientist Sir Isaac Newton, who as Warden of the Royal Mint has authorized an appointment to seek down counterfeiters who threaten to topple the shaky, war-weakened economic system. Armed with Newton’s improved mind and Ellis’s ability with a sword, the hot companions look primed to unravel the case. but if their research leads them to a mysterious coded message on a corpse hidden within the Lion Tower, they detect that whatever extra sinister is afoot. within the warmth in their pursuit, Newton and Ellis’s suspicions develop into all too actual because the physique count number rises and the duo uncovers a menacing far-reaching plot that will bring about the cave in of the government—and price them their very lives. a unprecedented, suspense-filled, and richly fulfilling story, Dark topic is an engrossing secret infused with the unstable mixture of politics, technological know-how, and faith that characterised existence in seventeenth-century London.
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It's all such a lot alarming and unusual to me, sir. ” “Does the sword belong to Mister Mercer? ” he requested. “One sword seems very like one other to me, sir,” acknowledged Mrs. Allen and, folding her hands as though she used to be afraid to the touch it, stared at it so much circumspectly. “But I reckon it’s Mercer’s correct sufficient. His father’s sword, it used to be. ” “The eco-friendly tablecloth. Do you realize that? ” “Never obvious it earlier than in me existence, sir. And Lord basically is familiar with what a goose egg is doing at the desk. Mercer couldn’t abide the flavor of eggs. ” “Do you lock your door at evening, Mrs. Allen? ” “Always, sir. Southwark isn’t Chelsea but. ” “And did Mister Mercer have a key? ” “Yes sir. yet Mercer was once by no means within the behavior of lending it. ” “And was once your door locked for those who rose this morning? ” “Yes sir. in order that I nearly idea i need to have dreamed I heard a person in the following. And but i'm sure Mercer shouldn't have torn up those books. those books have been his leader entertainment, sir. ” Newton nodded. “I wonder whether i would difficulty you for a few water, Mrs. Allen? ” “Water, sir? You don’t wish water, now not on a chilly morning like this one. it really is too heavy to be reliable for the health and wellbeing and may provide the stone if you’re no longer cautious. we will do larger than that for gents akin to yourselves. Will you are taking a few stable Lambeth ale, sir? ” Newton acknowledged we might, and with nice excitement, even though it remained simple to me that during inquiring for water his goal had merely been to take away the girl from Mercer’s room in order that he may perhaps seek it. This he proceeded to do and the entire whereas commented at the visual appeal of the room, which he came across amazing fascinating. “The emerald desk, egg, sword, absolutely this is often one other message,” he acknowledged. The point out of the sword triggered me to choose it up and look at it with an analogous really apt care Newton himself may need dropped at the problem. He himself drew open a small cupboard drawer and tested a field of candles whereas I brandished the rapier within the air as Mister Figg, my fencing grasp, had as soon as taught me. “This is an Italian cup-hilted rapier,” I acknowledged. “Ivory grip. The hilt deep-cut and well-pierced and engraved with a few scrolling foliage. The blade of the lozenge part signed by means of Solingen, even though the bladesmith’s identify is illegible. ” i attempted the sting opposed to my thumb. “Sharp, too. I should still say it is a gentleman’s sword. ” “Very good,” stated Newton. “If Mrs. Allen had now not advised us the sword belonged to Mercer’s father, we should always now be aware of every little thing approximately it. ” Newton, who was once nonetheless studying the candles thoughtfully, stuck sight of my unhappiness, and smiled at me. “Never brain, my pricey younger fellow. you could have advised us something. That Mercer had noticeable larger days than is obvious from his current conditions. ” I waited for him to make a few disclosure in regards to the candles, but if he didn't, my interest received the higher of me, and that i did examine them myself. “They are beeswax,” acknowledged I. “I may have anticipated tallow candles in Southwark. Mercer used to be no longer one for economic system. maybe he had no longer misplaced a flavor for larger dwelling.