Curiosity piqued, he followed the map to an old, ivy-covered campus lab. There, he found a woman surrounded by bubbling flasks, her eyes bright with the same intensity he felt when solving a complex . She was a doctoral student, and the note had been a "breadcrumb" left in her old copy of the book—a challenge for whichever student was diligent enough to find it.
Spectroscopy, organometallic compounds, carbohydrates, alkaloids, and terpenes. Curiosity piqued, he followed the map to an