Micah Nathan’s ABERDEEN, about four students of medieval history at an elite Connecticut college who become involved in a search for the alchemists ‘”Philosophers Stone,” which they believe will unlock the secrets of the Universe while conveying immortality to its finder, told from point of view of Eric Dunne, an orphaned sixteen year whose preternatural aptitude for Latin brings him first to the attention of the head of the history department and into the inner circle of charismatic medievalist, to Chuck Adams at Simon & Schuster, by Marly Rusoff (NA).
(Title changed to GODS OF ABERDEEN)