Quintessence
Alchemist Christopher Sinclair obsessively pursues a substance that he believes will grant magical powers and immortality, a quest that brings him to the edge of the world and unites him with an Inquisition-fleeing physician and the physician's daughter.
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"Imagine an Age of Exploration full of alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. In Europe, the magic is thin, but at the edge of the world, where the stars reach down close to the Earth, wonders abound. This drives the bravest explorers to the alluring Western Ocean. Christopher Sinclair is an alchemist who cares only about one thing: quintessence, a substance he believes will grant magical powers and immortality. And he has a ship. "--
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