The Marvelous Mr. Strike
By Will Forrest
Norton Eckhart, PhD, is not afraid of miracles. Every fossil he finds is a tiny miracle, a symbol of science’s triumph over the superstitions of a less enlightened age. He won’t be swayed by charlatans and side-show fakers. Even if they are exceedingly handsome. More than handsome, Emory Strike is magnetic, capturing Norton’s imagination from the first moment he sees the man with the strangely coloured skin. Strike claims he is electric, with the power to control nature’s most elusive—and deadly—phenomenon. When Strike displays a power beyond Norton’s rational understanding, can a man of science trust in the evidence of his senses? Or will his cold and lonely presumptions stand between him and the most fascinating man he’s ever met?
Norton Eckhart, PhD, is not afraid of miracles. Every fossil he finds is a tiny miracle, a symbol of science’s triumph over the superstitions of a less enlightened age. He won’t be swayed by charlatans and side-show fakers. Even if they are exceedingly handsome. More than handsome, Emory Strike is magnetic, capturing Norton’s imagination from the first moment he sees the man with the strangely coloured skin. Strike claims he is electric, with the power to control nature’s most elusive—and deadly—phenomenon. When Strike displays a power beyond Norton’s rational understanding, can a man of science trust in the evidence of his senses? Or will his cold and lonely presumptions stand between him and the most fascinating man he’s ever met?