The Philosopher's Apprentice

A brilliant philosopher with a talent for self-destruction, Mason Ambrose gratefully accepts an offer no starving ethicist could refuse. He must travel to a private tropical island and tutor Londa Sabacthani, a beautiful, brilliant adolescent who has lost both her memory and her moral sense in a freak accident. Londa's soul is an empty vessel--and Mason's job will be to fill it.

But all is not as it seems on Isla de Sangre. Londa's reclusive mother is secretly sheltering a second child whose conscience is a blank slate. Even as the mystery deepens, Mason confronts a frightening question: What will happen when Londa, her head crammed with lofty ideals and her bank account filled to bursting, ventures out to remake our fallen world in her own image?

Author: James Morrow
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 02/03/2009
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.44w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780061351457
Award: John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Third Place

About the Author
Morrow, James: -

James Morrow is the author of nine previous novels, including The Last Witchfinder. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.