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After his family relocates from Brooklyn to the Cumberland Mountains, fourteen‑year‑old Pierce Moffett joins his cousins in the secret Invisible College, a club that uncovers hidden history and the glittering mysteries beneath ordinary life. A century‑old unfinished manuscript surfaces, drawing him into research that touches the legacy of Giordano Bruno and John Dee. As Pierce navigates these revelations, he encounters Rosie Rasmussen, who stakes a claim to his destiny, and a deeper power that promises to transform everyday reality into something transcendent. Crowley unfolds a tale of growing maturity and supernatural wonder, following the shift from the past to the present worlds of the living.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fantasy
Authors: John Crowley
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