The Alchymist’s Cat (The Deptford Histories, 1)

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The first of three terrifying prequels to the Deptford Mice Trilogy reveals a shocking truth: How did Jupiter, the Lord of the sewer rats, come to be the sower of such evil? It is the winter of 1664 and young Will Godwin, an alchemist s assistant, chances upon a mother cat and her three newborn kittens in a London churchyard. Taking pity on the freezing family, Will carries them back to his master s apothecary shop. And there, among the bubbling bottles and foul-smelling jars in Dr. Spittle s laboratory, unfolds an extraordinary tale of sorcery, villainy, and murder full of all of the intricate twists and turns that Robin Jarvis s many fans have come to expect..