The Age of Unreason
The Age of Unreason is a series of four novels written by Gregory Keyes:
- Newton's Cannon (1998), ISBN 1-56865-829-X
- A Calculus of Angels (1999), ISBN 0-7394-0260-9
- Empire of Unreason (2000), ISBN 0-345-40609-5
- The Shadows of God (2001), ISBN 0-345-43904-X
Its title is a reference to Thomas Paine's treatise The Age of Reason. The story spans the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, with the action moving between England and France, later involving Russia, Austria, the Republic of Venice, and North America. The author makes use of pseudosciences (scientific alchemy instead of our physics) that were popular at the time: using affinity and aether, for example. Some historical characters appear in important roles: Isaac Newton, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Cotton Mather, King Louis XIV of France, Emperor Peter the Great of Russia, King Charles XII of Sweden, and Edward Teach, better known as the pirate Blackbeard.
External links
- Age of Unreason series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Science fiction book series
- American steampunk novels
- Alternate history book series
- Science fantasy novels
- Cultural depictions of Benjamin Franklin
- Cultural depictions of Isaac Newton
- Cultural depictions of Blackbeard
- 1990s historical novel stubs
- Alternate history novel stubs
- 1990s speculative fiction novel stubs
- 2000s historical novel stubs
- 2000s speculative fiction novel stubs