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Reviewed on February 1, 2015 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 9 Up—Jonathan is a teenager apprenticed to his father, whose life is turned upside down when the King docks his airship at their port in Fata Morgana and insists that they work with the famed scientist Lady Florel to find the cure to a deadly new illness. The mysterious sickness, which kills women exactly six days after contraction, has attacked the Queen and threatens to spread through their whole civilization. A new drug, "fantillium,"...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2015
Jonathan’s father, medical researcher Dr. Gouden, is tapped by King Edward to assist in finding a cure for the Venen, a fatal infectious disease decimating the female population of Arthurise (an alternate Edwardian London). But when fellow researcher Lady Florel insists on the questionable method of “illusioning” -- using the hallucinogenic chemical fantillium to decrease the time needed to produce results -- Dr. Gouden re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Jonathan's father refuses to help find a cure for a fatal infectious disease decimating the female population of Arthurise (an alternate Edwardian London) wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
