The Pleasures of MenSpitalfields, 1840. Catherine Sorgeiul lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End. She has few companions and little to occupy the days beyond her own colourful imagination. But then a murderer strikes, ripping open the chests of young girls and stuffing hair into their mouths to resemble a beak, leading the press to christen him The Man of Crows. And as Catherine hungrily devours the news, she finds she can channel the voices of

a young paratrooper so dreadfully injured he is not expected survive

spurred on by his love of Greek heroes and romantic poetry

the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant

Lee Scoresby

where Others threaten the Wall

000 dollar reward is posted for Gunther's safe return

A MISSING PERSON MYSTERY LIKE NO OTHER

As she attempts to pay off her brother's never-ending gambling debts

the local community is thrown into a state of grief and suspicion

the corpse pulled from a swamp of Chinese dinners

old resentments resurface and loyalties are tested

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