Nikola's Gate

When chemistry graduate student Luka Petrovic watches an impossible crystal bloom to life in his Zurich lab - a structure that sings, breathes, and responds to his touch before shattering into dust - he assumes it's an anomaly. His grandfather Ivan knows better. Within hours, Luka is fleeing Zurich with a warning echoing in his ears: a dangerous alchemical organization called Lux Sangria has been watching him, and they will come for him.

Luka soon discovers that he has inherited a rare alch...