1637: Dr. Gribbleflotz and the Soul of Stoner, 33, Offord Kerryn, Boatright Rick

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE VS. FLIM-FLAMMERY

Thomas the Great Stoner Stone once performed miraculous surgery upon Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz, the Worlds Greatest Alchemist, using his bare hands, no anesthesia, producing no pain, and leaving no scar. It would have been wonderful if it was real.

But Dr. Tom Stone, the face of modern medicine, has been engaging in fake treatments--bringing all modern medicine into question. Phillip, who has learned a thing or two about actual science from those uptime elopers from Grantville, West Virginia, decides to go to Padua and turn his problems into Tom Stones problems.

Meanwhile, the wily Bernardo Ponzi has assembled a team to support his evangelical touring roadshow featuring a light show, faith healing and yet more psychic surgery. Now Gribbleflotz and Stone are on a collision course with the Magnificent Ponzi, who has moved beyond showman-like fakery to causing actual harm to many people. Its time for Gribbleflotz and Stone to resolve their differences, debunk one of historys greatest bunko artists, and save the reputation of modern science and medicine from ruin!

About Eric Flints Ring of Fire series:
This alternate history series is ... a landmark... --Booklist

[Eric] Flints 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians. --Booklist