The Earth Will Shake

This novel is the first in the Historical Illuminati Chronicles, which explores the historical roots of the secret societies and conspiracies featured in his earlier and more famous Illuminatus! Trilogy. It introduces an ancestor of a key character from that trilogy, providing a historical backdrop to the themes Wilson frequently explores.

While it is the first book in a series, The Earth Will Shake offers a complete narrative arc for its protagonist, Sigismundo Celine, within its own pages. Readers can enjoy it as a self-contained story, though the subsequent books continue to develop the overarching historical conspiracy.