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A hugely engaging adventure set
in a Victorian-style world - a fantastical
version of Dickens - that will appeal to
fans of Susanna Clarke and Philip Pullman.
Two orphans are more than they seem. And
one megalomaniac will stop at nothing to
find them...
When Molly Templar witnesses a brutal murder
at the brothel she has just been apprenticed
to, her first instinct is to return to the
poorhouse where she grew up. But there she
finds her fellow orphans butchered, and
it slowly dawns on her that she was in fact
the real target of the attack.
For Molly carries a secret deep in her
blood, a secret that marks her out
for destruction by enemies of the
state. Soon Molly will find herself
battling a grave threat to civilization
which draws on an ancient power thought
to have been quelled millennia ago.
Oliver Brooks has led a sheltered
life in the home of his merchant uncle.
But when he is framed for his only
relative's murder he is forced to
flee for his life. He is accompanied
by Harry Stave, an agent of the Court
of the Air - a shadowy organization
independent of the government that
acts as the final judiciary of the
land, ensuring that order prevails.
Chased across the country, Oliver
finds himself in the company of thieves,
outlaws and spies, and gradually learns
more about the secret that has blighted
his life, but which may also offer
him the power to avert the coming
catastrophe. |
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