In his quest to make gold, Elias Dorn, an alchemist in 1352 London, seeks the Key to the Philosopher’s Stone and, ultimately, divinity—a pursuit considered to be blasphemy in the eyes of the Church. Fearing for his life, he has to work in secret, and if he actually were to succeed in making gold, both King Edward III and Archbishop Islip will want the riches for themselves. Written in the mythopoetic tradition, Lion's Gate weaves the arcane craft of seeking gold, in a time of terror and self-doubt left by the plague and the 100 Years War, into the quest for transformation toward a higher goal, from the outer realm to the inner.
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