Falconer has been scouring the backstreets of medieval Oxford in search of an alchemist to help his mentor, Roger Bacon, in his research. There he witnesses the final rehearsal of Stefano de Askeles's play - and the death of an unfortunate stand-in. It seems that someone wants de Askeles dead.
- ISBN10 0312151241
- ISBN13 9780312151249
- Publish Date 1 March 1997 (first published 20 June 1996)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 August 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Edition US ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English