By Gaslight

By GaslightLondon, 1885. In a city of fog and darkness, the notorious thief Edward Shade exists only as a ghost, a fabled con, a thief of other men's futures a man of smoke. William Pinkerton is already famous, the son of a brutal detective, when he descends into the underworld of Victorian London in pursuit of a new lead. His father died without ever tracing Shade; William, still reeling from his loss, is determined to drag the thief out of the shadows. Adam

What is the price of a cherished memory

by joining forces with a mysterious religious sect fresh from the wilderness

but they sure are interesting

and as Libby finds the courage to live and love again

It's been six months since our world and theirs erupted into war

on 15 June 1215

as French boy Laurent kisses 16-year-old Delilah after the best chat-up line she's ever heard

and thus the country has put its own future on very uncertain footing

and then give it all up for a Russian princess and the chance to return home and lead his own people

rooted in historical fact and personal experience

Jomini and Machiavelli

But each is a wonder that reveals profound insights into the world around us