Tetralogy of Elements Books in Order

Charlotte is born with a furry, hare-shaped birthmark that her village interprets as a sign of evil. Surrounded by religious fear and coercive authority, she becomes the focus of a struggle over innocence, power, and possession.

A botanist seeks an ideal life in the Amazon while the son he left behind grows up consumed by resentment. Their contrasting paths lead from private estrangement toward the destructive politics of Nazi-occupied France.

After waking from a sleep that began in childhood and lasted decades, Nicolas tries to reconstruct his past. At a secluded French spa, a psychoanalyst helps him uncover memories whose pleasures conceal a disturbing history of violence.

Memory recounts the fate of her sister Etheria, whose father trades her for a precious piece of jade. Moving between Victorian Oxford and Egypt, the story examines desire, domination, and the power exercised through language.