Felicity Montague is through with pretending she prefers society parties to books about
bonesetting?or that she's not smarter than most people she knows or that she cares about
anything more than her dream of becoming a doctor. A year after an accidentally whirlwind tour
of Europe which she spent evading highwaymen and pirates with her brother Monty Felicity has
returned to England with two goals in mind?avoid the marriage proposal of Callum Doyle a
lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. However her intellect and
passion will never be enough in the eyes of the administrators who see men as the sole
guardians of science. But then a small window of hope opens. Dr. Alexander Platt an eccentric
physician who Felicity idolizes is looking for research assistants and Felicity is sure that
someone as forward-thinking as her hero would be willing to take her on. However Platt is in
Germany preparing to wed Felicity's estranged childhood friend Johanna. Not only is Felicity
reluctant to open old wounds but she also has no money to make the trip. Luckily a mysterious
young woman is willing to pay Felicity's way so long as she's allowed to travel with Felicity
disguised as her maid. In spite of her suspicions Felicity agrees but once the girl's true
motives are revealed Felicity becomes part of a perilous quest that leads them from the German
countryside to the promenades of Zurich to secrets lurking beneath the Atlantic.
