The Alchemists' Council

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The first in Cynthea Masson's phenomenal new fantasy trilogy features an ancient manuscript whose powerful words can change the fate of all dimensions. 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 existence. Jaden navigates alchemy's complexities, but the more she learns, the more she questions the council's work.

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"The Alchemists' Council excels with a beautifully crafted and alluring world." -- Broken Pencil

Author Bio

Cynthea Masson is a professor in the English department at Vancouver Island University. After completing a Ph.D. in English with a focus on medieval mysticism, she undertook a postdoctoral fellowship involving work with medieval alchemical manuscripts at the British Library. In addition to articles on mysticism and alchemy, many of her award-winning academic publications over the past decade have been in the area of television studies. She is the co-editor of the academic book Reading Joss Whedon (Syracuse University Press, 2014); her fiction includes The Elijah Tree (Rebel Satori, 2009). She lives in British Columbia.