El leviatán

Something dark has awakened and will no longer rest. England, 1643. Private Thomas Treadwater is fighting in the civil war when a troubling message from his sister Esther forces him to rush home. Upon arrival, he discovers that his father has suffered a stroke and that a new servant in his family is in prison, accused of witchcraft. Thomas prides himself on being a rational and modern man, but as he unravels the mystery of what happened, he discovers something dark and ancient related to a shipwreck that occurred years ago. Overwhelmed, Thomas asks for help from the only person he thinks capable of shedding light on the matter: his former tutor, the poet and scholar John Milton, a man well versed in the dissection of good and evil. Together they will face the unknown. With exquisite documentation, hypnotic prose and a delightfully disturbing plot, The Leviathan is a novel about family, loyalty, superstition and sacrifice, but above all it is a fascinating mystery and a story of impossible things.