Daniel meets and befriends Isaac Newton while they attend Trinity in 1663. As Daniel travels to London on the Minerva, he recalls his youth in England. In the first book, Quicksilver, Enoch travels to Boston to find Daniel Waterhouse because Sophie wants Daniel to return to London to affect a reconciliation between Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz. "Quicksilver" is an entertaining novel that liberally includes fictional characters and events within the true historical context of the Baroque period. Daniel Waterhouse as he becomes involved in the politics of the period, while maintaining his interest in science and his affiliation with the Royal Society of London. The novel follows the life and achievements of Dr. "Quicksilver" by Neal Stephenson is the first volume of a historical fiction series about the Baroque period.
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