Book of the Romes

As The Logic Of Evolution Comes To A Head In The Middle Of The Nineteenth-Century An Older Frenchman Haunted By An Odd Event In His Youth Tracks The Journey Of A Strange Stone Object Westward To A Pre-Civil-War America Where He And His Cousin A Young Scientist And A Strong-Willed Woman They Meet Under Trying Circumstances Match Wits With A Wealthy European Entrepreneur To Try To Prevent If They Can The Possible Loss Of One World And The Uncertain Birth Of Another.