This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the plague-ravaged city of Altstadt, where the wealthy feast in marble palaces while the poor die in cramped quarters, young Thomas - an apothecary's apprentice - discovers an alchemical secret that could change everything. When his dying mother needs medicine worth more than a year's wages, Thomas must choose between accepting his fate or unlocking a power that Guild masters woul...