The fourth volume in the Punk Tectonics series is also a speculative sequel to the novel, The Secret Garden. In a parallel 1900, described in the prequel novel, "The Idea of Good and Evil in Diablo, California", Albert Einstein solved the riddle of the Hamburg Codex and unsealed magic. Now, wars are fought by sorcerers. Wealth and power can be had by those who are able to harness the earth's power. Vampires, werewolves and other monsters exist. And even the fabric of reality can be changed with the use of magic. In a world where wishing something can make it true, characters from fiction can become real, and real people can find themselves lost in imaginary worlds, like the one contained in Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. In this parallel world, Mary Lennox, her cousin, Colin and their friend Dickon are young mages in training in Yorkshire, England. As she approaches adulthood, Mary is torn by her feelings for her three suitors, Colin, Dickon and her uncle Archibald. The coming war with Germany will tear the friends apart, and it will be up to Mary to bring them back together again. Her journey will take her halfway around the globe---and into a painting. She will encounter a dragon that dreams the world and another that devours dreams. She will discover that she possesses a secret power that is also a curse. She will be courted by Death, himself. Other characters from literature will show up: Poe's Auguste Dupin, the first detective and Melville's Ishmael from Moby Dick, along with characters from "The Idea of Good and Evil in Diablo, California". Adam, the Neanderthal clone from the first two volumes of the series, "Naked Neanderthal" and "The Marriage Hearse" also appears.
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