Real-life genius Benoit Mandelbrot, born in Warsaw and survivor of Nazi-occupied France, went on to become one of the world’s most highly regarded mathematicians, best known for his pioneering work in fractals. This novella takes that story and spins it into a magical realist tale where mathematics and magic are one and the same. A gorgeous mixture of alternate history, biography, mathematics and fantasy. All in a book you could finish in less than an hour.