FREE: The Book Of Fires

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It is 1752, and seventeen year old Agnes Trussel is pregnant with an unwanted child. Facing certain misery at home, she flees to rural Sussex. Overwhelmed by the menacing London streets, Agnes desperately knocks on the door of Mr. J. Blacklock, a brooding fireworks maker who hires her as an assistant. As she learns to make rockets, portfires, and fiery rain, Agnes slowly gains his trust, and joins his quest to make the most spectacular fireworks the world has ever seen. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking on Agnes's secret - but her mysterious mentor is hatching plans of his own. The Book of Fires evokes the strange alchemy of a relationship that will forever change the fortunes of a young woman once bound for ruin.