Scrutator

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Alchymist

Australian edition cover
Author	Ian Irvine
Cover artist	Marco Nero
Country	Australia
Language	English
Series	The Well of Echoes
Genre	Fantasy, Novel
Published	6 September 2004 Orbit Books, Penguin Books
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	708 p. (paperback edition)
Preceded by	Tetrarch
Followed by	Chimaera

Scrutator is the third book in Ian Irvine's The Well of Echoes quartet. It is named Alchymist in the UK and Canada.