The Apothecary Books in Order

In 1952 London, fourteen-year-old Janie befriends Benjamin, the son of a mysterious apothecary. When his father disappears, they investigate an ancient book of transformative elixirs while trying to keep its secrets from Russian spies.

Two years after meeting Benjamin, Janie suspects a powerful man has stolen her chemistry project. Meanwhile, Benjamin experiments with an elixir that connects their distant worlds, drawing the friends into a chase across the Pacific.

Janie and Benjamin hope for an ordinary life in 1955 America, but a magician draws them toward the land of the dead. Across the world, their friend Jin Lo investigates a deadly threat in China.