A Review of the Book “The Alchemist” By Donna Boyd
The book “The Alchemist” is about the travails of Dr. Anne Kramer, a therapist who lives in New York and her patient, Randolph Sontime. The story starts with Dr. Kramer meeting with the elegant and charismatic Randolph Sontime, who happens to be the last patient of the day. As Dr. Kramer interviews Randolph, he informs her that he is in fact a world famous assassin, being sought all over the world because of his involvement with the brutal murder of a very famous and highly popular public figure.
Dr. Kramer is taken aback by this confession, but to get the whole story, she humors him and asks him the details. Randolph readily obliges and tells her his story. He informs her that he is immortal and originally from Egypt. He was known as Han when he was younger and had studied to become a Practitioner in the House of the Egyptian God, Ra. Practitioners in fact are alchemists, with the power to redo and reshape reality with their magical powers. He had two friends, Akan and Nefar, who were very beautiful.
Though it was forbidden to combine magical powers, all three friends did so one evening. As soon as they combined their powers, a terrible tragedy came upon the entire place. The three friends escaped the House of Ra which was completely destroyed and made their way into Egypt. They loved Egypt more than anything else in the world and wanted to make the country into a perfect world, but their magic became imperfect and more tragedy followed. From there onwards, their lives became intertwined throughout mankind’s history from the ancient ages to the present times. Sontime informs Dr. Kramer that he was also known earlier by many famous names, including Rasputin and Merlin. He informs her that all true practitioners have a duty, and the duty is to keep the world in balance. The three friends together have the power to alter the course of even the universe, and some of their decisions may not be good for the world.
The author of this fiction, Donna Boyd has told the story in her own lucid style which is breathtaking. Her story tells us of love, betrayal, magic, ethics, insanity and jealousy. Her story is thrilling and fascinating written in a lush language, all of which combined together urges you to go on reading without putting down the book. In the end there is room for a sequel which Donna may put down in words in the near future. The book is highly recommended especially for those who love fiction and thrilling adventures, or want to do some interesting reading while on a painting holiday or exotic cruise.
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