Sparks of Bright Matter
What People Are Saying
“Think Hilary Mantel, Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke crossed with Liam O’Flaherty, Lady Gregory, WB Yeats and the Celtic Revival – all expertly blended into a cracking page-turner that’s as exquisitely deep, beautiful and metaphysical as it is fast-paced and brilliantly plotted….. anyone with a yen for historical mystery fiction will be transported by this novel’s magic.”
— The Irish Times
“Compelling … A debut novel of great imagination..”
— The Sunday Times
“From rural Ireland to London and Paris, this is a tale of folklore, fate and the pursuit of magic, but above else this is a stunning book about humanity”
— Lisa Redmond
“Thrilling and intoxicating - a dazzling debut. It's giving Golden Hill, The Essex Serpent, The North Water... I am so excited that an Irish author has grasped the 18th century novel by the throat and literally worked her own alchemy.”
— Evie Woods,bestselling author Author of Lost Bookshop and The Story Collector
“Sometimes a book just hits the spot, the reader can tell from the first paragraph – even the first sentence – whether the author is one to follow trustingly, whether her book will appeal. Sparks of Bright Matter had me from that first paragraph”
— Parsec Magazine
Sparks of Bright Matter
Can an encounter with a book change your life ? Could this one ?
A riveting story of love and transformation that takes us back and forth through time. From the raging furnaces of an alchemist’s lab in Georgian London to the mists and magic of a remote Irish mountain.
It's 18th Century London and everyone is burning for something …
More than anything young alchemist Peter Woulfe wants to turn lead into gold ….Until he meets the elusive Sukie one hot summer night and his life changes forever.
Sukie wants to sell a mysterious stolen book to her favourite pawnbroker Nico … until she meets his beautiful wife Katia.
A gang of dangerous men pursue the missing book through the grimy underworld of 18th century London - and Katia realises the one thing she really wants is about to disappear forever.
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