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While searching for a legendary treasure believed to have been buried at a rural Virginia location, Jack Atkins is given a fresh lead at an estate sale. Among the rare volumes in the library of the familys patriarch, Grumble, is a dusty copy of Sir Francis Bacons unfinished utopian work entitled New Atlantis. Jeremy Pye, a fellow seeker of fortune that Jack befriends, is convinced that a finished copy was spirited away in the past and still remains concealed in a hidden vault, and that what this perfected version reveals is infinitely more valuable than a hoard of gold. While exploring the connections between a Maonic allegory embedded in cipher texts and those ingeniously encoded in the works of Shakespeare - in particular the bards swan song, The Tempest - they unmask a cabal of illustrious figures known as The Good Pens. Meanwhile, Jack is smitten with Grumbles great granddaughter, Callie, who is in possession of a family heirloom - an artifact of unfathomable antiquity that, at times, appears to be sentient. This might explain why shadowy government types watch their every move, along with a mysterious presence that attempts to guide them on their quest with visions whose meaning they struggle to grasp. Soon, the three are drawn to a private island near Bermuda, whose enigmatic owner is inclined to pleonexia - an insatiable desire to have what rightfully belongs to others. Living in a paradise that contains parallels with the enchanted isle of The Tempest, they are witness to undreamed of things that enduring myths of fantastic events in distant times give only a faint penciling thereof. Book specifications: Dimensions: 229 x 152 Author: Blair Mackenzie Blake Cover type: Paperback Publishing Year: 2022 Publishing Month: 12 Pages: 350 Language: English Publisher: Daily Grail Publishing Weight: 513 g
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