This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Published by Ethersay Publishing, Scotland Disturbed by the violence of her vision, Ailsa feels compelled to investigate and to thwart Clara's dreadful fate.īut as Ailsa digs deeper into the young woman's secrets, she also finds herself unearthing the ghosts of her own past, including those she thought she'd left behind in revolutionary France. When her spiritual abilities cause her to cross paths with the Andrews family, she foresees the death of the eldest daughter, Clara. However, unwanted reminders of bloodshed and strife are the least of Ailsa's worries. Glimpses which French émigré and psychic Ailsa Rose does not welcome. And on Thistle Street, Marie Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens, offering vivid glimpses of French royalty and revolutionaries alike. On Hill Street, the Andrews family arrives from London, reeling from a recent scandal but determined to make a fresh start. In Edinburgh, as speculation grows about the resumption of war, the city's parlours and taverns find distraction in the intriguing new faces appearing in the affluent New Town. An uneasy peace between Britain and France endures - for now.
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This is the first book in a new series by Marko Kloos, a dude who started as a self-published author and who's grown quite a following on the strength of a single SF series which he has yet to finish. But this time, the new enemy has yet to reveal themselves.or their dangerous endgame. He’s been on the wrong side of war before. Now, on the cusp of an explosive and wide-reaching insurrection, Aden plunges once again into the brutal life he longed to forget. And a young woman, thrust into responsibility as vice president of her family’s raw materials empire, faces a threat she never anticipated. A sergeant with the occupation forces is treading increasingly hostile ground. He’s not the only one.Ī naval officer has borne witness to inconceivable attacks on a salvaged fleet. After devoting fifteen years of his life to the reviled losing side, with the blood of half a million casualties on his hands, Aden is looking for a way to move on. 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