he protects the worlds magicwith his science but even the best scientists can fall prey to the right chemistrylooking for troublegemma murphy has a nose for a storyeven if the boys in chicagos newsrooms would rather focus on her chest so when she runs into a handsome man of mystery discussing how to save the world from fancypants brit conspirators shes sensing a scoop especially when he mentions theres magic involved of course getting him on the record would be easier if he hadnt caught her eavesdroppinglighting his fusecatullus graves knows what its like to be shut out his ancestors were slaves and hes a genius inventor with appropriately eccentric habits so even people who love him find him a little odd but after meeting a certain redheaded scribbler hes thinking of other types of science inconvenient given that he needs to focus on preventing the end of the world as we know it but with gemmas insatiable curiosity sparking catullus inventive impulses they might set off something explosive anyway