Aurum Aeternum: A World Shaped by Gold: The History of the Alchemical Empire from Earth to the Stars (WHAT IF, Alternative History)
Release Date: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Pages: 691 pages
Aurum Aeternum explores an alternate history where the Roman Empire discovers the secret to transmuting base metals into gold, leading to a vastly transformed world centered around alchemy and its societal implications.
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What if alchemists succeeded — not in secret, but in full view of the empire?
Aurum Aeternum is a radical chronicle of an alternate civilization built not on ideas, revolutions, or gods — but on fire, lead, and the controlled transmutation of gold.
Starting in 300 CE Alexandria, the Roman Empire discovers a repeatable method to transform base metals into pure gold. From this ignition point, a thousand-year cascade reshapes the Earth:
Cities become furnace cores.
Trade becomes reagent flow.
Governance becomes scroll protocol.
Aurum Aeternum is a radical chronicle of an alternate civilization built not on ideas, revolutions, or gods — but on fire, lead, and the controlled transmutation of gold.
Starting in 300 CE Alexandria, the Roman Empire discovers a repeatable method to transform base metals into pure gold. From this ignition point, a thousand-year cascade reshapes the Earth:
Cities become furnace cores.
Trade becomes reagent flow.
Governance becomes scroll protocol.