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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.
Their enemies are ruthless and myriad,
but Molly and Oliver are joined by indomitable
friends in this endlessly inventive tale
full of drama, intrigue and adventure.
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