alchemy

"Follows alchemists Imelda, Adrian, and Pippa as they reach for their dreams of glory riding phoenix horses at The Races, the modern spectacle that has replaced warfare within their empire"--Provided by publisher.

"Follows alchemists Imelda, Adrian, and Pippa as they reach for their dreams of glory riding phoenix horses at The Races, the modern spectacle that has replaced warfare within their empire"--Provided by publisher.

When the laboratory explodes, Edward is injured and forced to re-start his investigation of the Philosopher's Stone conspiracy; Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes stumbles upon a terrifying secret; and, Ed and Alphonse go south in search of Izumi Curtis, their alchemist master.

When Alphonse is kidnapped by a group of outcasts seeking the secrets of his alchemical creation, Ed and Izumi must travel into the Devil's Nest to rescue him, but they find that the inhabitants of the Devil's Nest are not human either and find themselves fighting a homunculus, an artificial human being.

While dabbling in alchemy, Edward Elric lost an arm and a leg and his brother Alphonse became a bodiless soul trapped in a suit of armor. Now, the brothers are agents of the government, dealing with evil alchemists and on a constant search for the Philosopher's Stone, the fabled alchemical treasure that is their only hope of being returned to normal.

Meggy Swann, a girl who walks with the aid of two sticks, arrives in Elizabethan London, along with her goose Louise, to stay with her father who really does not want her, and while he pursues his dream of transforming base metal into gold, Meggy undergoes a transformation herself.

Young scholar Diana Bishop, a descendant in an old and distinguished line of witches, wants nothing to do with sorcery, but while doing research at Oxford's Bodleian Library, she unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript that causes a stirring in the underworld that only she can calm.

"Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math. Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He's not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan: to raise the twins to the highest power, to ascend with them and claim their authority as his own. Godhood is attainable. Pray it isn't attained."--Dust jacket.

A fateful encounter in the Tesla Suite of the New Yorker Hotel unlocks Lucy Phelps' dormant electrical powers and thrusts her into a centuries-old battle between rival alchemical societies.

Hohenhein has the opportunity to stop the doppleganger "father" who rules over Central City, but surprise may not be enough to help him defeat the powerful homunculus. Then, King Bradley's triumphant return may turn the battle in the military's favor.