Compass, Volume 1: The Cauldron of Eternal Life

"Shahidah El-Amin is many things: scholar, cartographer, astronomer, mathematician, scientist, explorer, adventurer, and -- when need be -- two-fisted fighter. Setting out from Baghdad's legendary House of Wisdom during the Islamic Golden Age, Shahidah's quest brings her to 13th-century Britain... where the Welsh are whispered to possess the secret of eternal life. But she's not the only one after it..."--Page 4 of cover.