Legacy of Light April 24, 2011

It's the best of all possible worlds for Emilie du Chatelet, brilliant physicist and lover to Voltaire. At age 42 she discovers she is with child. Fearing she will die in childbirth, she races to complete her research and leave her legacy. Meanwhile, present day scientist Olivia, unable to conceive and wondering what she will sacrifice for motherhood, arranges for a surrogate, who pulls together past and present in a stellar collision. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree in this comic quest for self-discovery, knowledge and love.