Overview

A mysterious talisman A missing grandfather and stolen grimoire You should always help your friends, right? When the university chancellor asks new professor "Mac" Mackenzie to take on a summer project, it's hard for him to say "no." With promises of a summer salary, travel expenses and doing the university a favor, Mac and his best friend Ally pack up for a summer adventure. But are things as simple as they seem? And could Ally's grandfathered really be an alien? This special edition contains location photographs and the complete text of the short-story prequel The Talisman About The Miskatonic University Novels Amid a backdrop of witchcraft, myth and science, "Mac" Mackenzie tries to make new friends, teach quantum physics, avoid formal dinner parties and, just possibly, save the world.