Elinor must save those she loves from those who betrayed her.

After being accused of murder, Elinor is on the run as her city falls apart. Rebellions, riots, and citizens falling dead in the streets have put the city into chaos.

When Elinor confronts those who murdered her father, she reveals a web of deceit that tries to ensnare her and Tristan. But, forget the conspiracy to topple a king’s throne, her apprentice Twyla is missing and is in grave danger.

Elinor awakes, uncertain of where she is, only to find she is looking at a body and covered in blood. As the guardia break in to arrest her, Tristan, her aristocratic lover, appears to rescue her. Now they are both on the run as the city faces political unrest and chaos as ghastlies, zombie-like creatures, inexplicably fall dead in the streets. When Elinor’s apprentice turns up missing, the search for her, and the quest to clear Elinor of murder charges, leads them closer to the identity of who wishes to overthrow the king and, more important to Elinor, who murdered her father.

This series is set in a world much like our 1900s but also vastly different mixing gaslight and horsedrawn carriages with the acceptance of ghosts as well as the profession of talking to ghosts. Each of the six entries sees one problem resolved while the overall arc begun in the first book - the murder of Elinor’s father as well as the political unrest surrounding the monarchy - moves forward with more revealed each time  culminating in a satisfactory final reveal in this entry. Elinor is a character who will long live in my memory and her final manipulation of the king is admirable.  This is not a series where you can pick up any book and start, it must be read in order but all the books are quick and enjoyable reads. The series is highly recommended. ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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