Cradle of Secrets: A Gothic Fantasy Maurice Leblanc with projects that include:

with projects that include:

a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel - Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award

A and rising politician Alexander Oakes

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Cradle of Secrets: A Gothic Fantasy Maurice Leblanc with projects that include:When an intrepid American with a dark past becomes a hired gun for a mysterious woman in London, he's shocked to discover a world crawling with monsters. Jem has lied and cheated his way out of America and into the most fashionable circles of Victorian London's elite. He has almost everything he ever wanted: a beautiful, if gullible, tycoon's daughter on his arm and a patron who's willing to fund his lavish lifestyle. But none of it delivers the high