Witches Edwina and Mary Blackwood scrape together a meager living digging up trinkets from the banks of the Thames. "Readers will enjoy an imaginative, skillfully written dive into Victorian fantasy.Smith ( The Conjuror) kicks off her Raven Sisters duology with a dark and twisty fantasy murder mystery set in Victorian London. "The surprises about both characters and the setting throughout this story will delight readers as Smith continues to skillfully play with folklore in this charming series." - Booklist Where will it lead? Only time, cunning, and magic-in this world or the Other-will tell. Whatever destiny awaits, it's Edwina's to finally control.
How else to explain Edwina's sudden prophetic visions? Or the fear that surviving whoever pursues her will require the powers of an ancient bloodline she's only beginning to comprehend? But in this unfamiliar city of fair folk and witches, where the veil between Earth and the Otherworld is about to be lifted, something is amiss. Gaining safe passage, she finds refuge with Sir Henry Elvanfoot, famed wizard of the north, and is promised protection from ill-aimed curses. With supernatural detective Ian Cameron by her side, Edwina can't get out of London fast enough. And now a devious stalker is on her trail. Spellfire has transformed her home and livelihood to ash. Her sister's questionable life and untimely death have left her shaken. Her parents' disappearances still strike her as unaccountably odd. Where will it lead? Only time, cunning, and magic-in this world or the Other-will tell.įleeing Victorian London, a witch finds her newfound independence comes with all-new perils-both mortal and immortal.įorever untangling the branches of her strange family tree, Edwina Blackwood is at a turning point. How else to explain Edwina's sudden prophetic visions? Or the fear that surviving whoever pursues her will require the powers of an ancient bloodline she's only beginning to comprehend? Whatever destiny awaits, it's Edwina's to finally control.
Forever untangling the branches of her strange family tree, Edwina Blackwood is at a turning point. About the Book Fleeing Victorian London, a witch finds her newfound independence comes with all-new perils-both mortal and immortal.
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