Quicksilver
Author: Neal Stephenson
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.Set against the backdrop of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Quicksilver tells the intertwining tales of 3 unforgettable main characters (descendants of characters from Cryptonomicon) as they traverse a landscape populated by mad alchemists, Barbary pirates, and bawdy courtiers, as well as histori….Read More
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