The Apothecary's Curse (1) (The Apothecary’s Curse Series)

A 2017 Bram Stoker Award nominee, The Apothecary's Curse is an alchemist's brew of historical fantasy and cutting edge genetics as a physician Simon Bell and apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune race against time to recover the ancient book that made them immortal centuries ago. In Victorian London, the fates of physician Simon Bell and apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune entwine when Simon gives his wife an elixir created by Gaelan from an ancient manuscript. Meant to cure her cancer, it kills her. Suicidal, Simon swallows the remainder--only to find he cannot die. Years later, hearing rumors of a Bedlam inmate with regenerative powers like his own, Simon is shocked to discover it's Gaelan. Two centuries later, a modern-day pharmaceutical company unearths diaries describing the torture of Bedlam inmates, and the company's scientists suspect a link between Gaelan and an unnamed inmate. But when Gaelan and Transdiff Genomics geneticist Anne Shawe are powerfully drawn to each other, her family connection to his manuscript leads to a stunning revelation. Will it bring ruin or redemption?

About the Author

Barbara Barnett is author of the Bram Stoker Award-nominated novel The Apothecary's Curse and Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D. Publisher and executive editor of Blogcritics Magazine, Barbara has won several awards for her writing, spanning from technical writing achievement to her writing on spirituality and religion. Barbara has a degree from the University of Illinois in biology/chemistry and has worked as a microbiologist. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)

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