In 1897, Lucy Christina Murray left Canada, the land to which her Scottish ancestors had emigrated nearly a century earlier, to sail overseas with her new husband. Her husband, William Pollock Ker, was a British consular official in China and, in 1900, they were posted to Peking and found themselves besieged in the Legation Quarters during the Boxer Rebellion. They emerged to read their obituaries in The Times of London and to face many more challenging years in China. They witnessed, firsthand, the end of the Qing dynasty and the emergence of the Republic of China. Despite personal tragedies, they grew to love and admire the emerging country.As the wife of a consular official who spent over thirty years in Asia, Lucys life was always challenging. On the domestic front, she had to be ready to pack up a household at very short notice and to adjust to arbitrary and frequent new postings. On the public front, she found each posting required new skills. One posting required her to act as hostess for Sir Ernest Satow in Peking. In Tientsin, she found herself organising the relief of the incoming White Russians. During her lifetime, she crossed paths with many historically interesting figures, both Chinese and European, including the last Emperor of China.

Revisados y actualizados, contienen un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa.El retrato de Dorian Gray por Oscar Wilde Mujercitas por Louisa May Alcott Hombrecitos por Louisa May Alcott Orgullo y Prejuicio por Jane Austen Peter Pan por J.M. Barrie Trilogia de Caspak 1. La Tierra Olvidada por el Tiempo por Edgar Rice Burroughs Trilogia de Caspak 2. Los Pueblos que el Tiempo Olvido por Edgar Rice Burroughs Trilogia de Caspak 3. Desde el Abismo del Tiempo por Edgar Rice Burroughs Desde mi celda por Gustavo Adolfo Becquer La Historia de Tristan e Isolda por Joseph Bedier Fuente Ovejuna por Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio El Perro del Hortelano por Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio El Hombre que Fue Jueves por G. K. Chesterton La Ley y la Dama por Wilkie Collins España Contemporanea por Ruben Dario Crimen y Castigo por Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoievski El Sabueso de los Baskerville por Arthur Conan Doyle Las Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes por Arthur Conan Doyle Veinte Años Despues por Alexandre Dumas Agua de nieve por Concha Espina El Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button por Francis Scott Fitzgerald El Profeta por Kahlil Gibran Antologia Poetica por Miguel Hernandez La Odisea por Homero Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis I por Vicente Blasco Ibañez Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis II por Vicente Blasco Ibañez Tres Hombres en una Barca por Jerome K. Jerome La Metamorfosis por Franz Kafka Cartas a Milena por Franz Kafka Ideario Español por Mariano Jose de Larra El Casarse Pronto y Mal por Mariano Jose de Larra La Quimera del Oro por Jack London Romancero Gitano por Federico Garcia Lorca El Rey Arturo y los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda por Thomas Malory Lo Que el Viento se Llevo por Margaret Mitchell El Avaro por Moliere Lolita por Vladimir Nabokov La Republica por Platon La Caida de la Casa de Usher por Edgar Allan Poe La Divina Comedia por Dante Alighieri Metafisica por Aristoteles Sentido y Sensibiildad por Jane Austen Las Flores del Mal por Charles Baudelaire El Decameron por Giovanni Boccaccio Agnes Grey (Español) por Anne Bronte Las Aventuras de Pinocho por C. Collodi El Ultimo Mohicano por James Fenimore Cooper Noches Blancas por Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoievski Estudio en Escarlata por Arthur Conan Doyle El Signo de los Cuatro por Arthur Conan Doyle Los Tres Mosqueteros por Alexandre Dumas Cancion del Pirata por Jose de Espronceda Madame Bovary I por Gustave Flaubert Psicologia de las Masas y Analisis del Yo por Sigmund Freud Bailen por Benito Perez Galdos El Jardin del Profeta por Kahlil Gibran Fausto Parte I por Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Fausto Parte II por Johann Wolfgang von Goethe LOS MISERABLES por Victor Hugo Y MUCHOS MAS.

1984 is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell. 1984 centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviors within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modeled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated.

"1984 - the novel marking the end of communism." George Orwells 1984 revolves around Winston Smith, an office worker who performs censorship duties in Oceanias Ministry of Truth as a small cog in the wheel of a monstrous state apparatus. For years, doubts have been gnawing at him about the legitimacy of the system in which even a blink of the eye can cost him his life. The novel begins with the first step towards putting this initially purely intellectual resistance into action: Winston opens a diary. He subsequently falls in love with a young female colleague, and together they begin a love affair that, in the dictatorship that invades every aspect of life, is in itself an act of high treason. Even though they have different views on the society they live in, they are united by the rejection of its narrow moral corset and the desire for individual freedom and, not least, a right to love and feel. While Winston understands HOW the machinery of tyranny works, he does not understand WHY the massive effort of its surveillance and repressive apparatus is undertaken. When they decide to seek contact with the underground opposition and eventually end up in the hands of the repression apparatus of the state, Winston learns the true background of Oceanias society. Until his death, George Orwell was a convinced socialist - all the greater was the effect his work, published in 1949, had on the political left of the time. On the political left, the Soviet Union was seen as the realisation of Marxs ideas, the workers paradise that would free the enslaved masses from their shackles. Orwell was one of the few leftists of his time who dared to shake this narrative. Under the impression of the undeniable terror of Stalinist rule and its cynical, opportunistic cooperation with fascist and capitalist foreign countries, he criticised the hypocrisy and inhumanities of the real communism with Animal Farm and 1984.

THE JURA EDITION with new introduction by Alex MassieFor him Jura was home - Richard Blair on his father George OrwellThe book of the twentieth century . . . haunts us with an ever-darker relevance Ben Pimlott, IndependentThe greatest British novel to have been written since the war Time OutHis final masterpiece . . . enthralling and indispensable for understanding modern history New York Review of BooksThe year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history, but he dreams of freedom and of rebellion.It is here that he meets and falls in love with Julia. They start a secret, forbidden affair - but nothing can be kept secret, and they are forced to face consequences more terrifying than either of them could have ever imagined.In this new edition of a modern classic, Alex Massies introduction highlights the importance that Jura had on the writing of one of the twentieth centurys most important works of fiction.

Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books.These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies.We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is:Victorian Literature.- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.- Tess of the Durbervilles by Thomas Hardy.- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the so-called Heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlows story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between what Conrad calls "the greatest town on earth", London, and Africa as places of darkness.Tess of the dUrbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891, then in book form in three volumes in 1891, and as a single volume in 1892. Though now considered a major nineteenth-century English novel and possibly Hardys fictional masterpiece, Tess of the dUrbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England.Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society, reflecting both its satirisation of early 19th-century British society and the many illustrations drawn by Thackeray to accompany the text. It was published as a single volume in 1848 with the subtitle A Novel without a Hero, reflecting Thackerays interest in deconstructing his eras conventions regarding literary heroism. It is sometimes considered the "principal founder" of the Victorian domestic novel.This is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics.

In this rather extensive collection of Japanese 3-line haiku poems, the mystical blends with the simplicity of the world to create sacred, transparent, and yet profound and inspiring insights, to guide you further, on your spiritual path. Reading and contemplating these poems will sustain your mindfulness and you will be inspired to meditate more, in your daily routine.The book is organized in 29 chapters, all related to virtues and spiritual aspects. I have covered most of the topics that a seasoned spiritual practitioner or even a beginner one would need for his meditative and contemplative practice and I am sure that any practitioner will find plenty of poems that he can resonate with, in this book.May all these poems that I wrote with much love, guide your heart on the path of beauty and simplicity. Namaste

Psychologist Cass Seltzers book, The Variety of Religious Illusion, has become a surprise runaway bestseller. Dubbed the atheist with a soul, Casss sudden celebrity has upended his life and brought back the ghosts of his past. Over the course of one week, Casss theories about our need to keep faith are borne out in ways he could never have imagined.36 Arguments for the Existence of God is a stunningly original novel, which explores the varieties of the human religious experience in a story of obsession, consuming love, and divine genius. By turns hilarious, moving and devilishly clever, Goldsteins novel is an exhilarating romance of heart and mind.

This book contains the works below arranged alphabetically by authors last names- Little Women [Louisa May Alcott]- Sense and Sensibility [Jane Austen]- Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) [J.M. Barrie]- Cabin Fever [ B. M. Bower]- The Secret Garden [Frances Hodgson Burnett]- A Little Princess [Frances Hodgson Burnett]- Alices Adventures in Wonderland [Lewis Carroll]- The King in Yellow [Robert William Chambers]- The Man Who Knew Too Much [Gilbert Keith Chesterton]- The Woman in White [Wilkie Collins]- The Most Dangerous Game [Richard Connell]- On the Origin of Species, 6th Edition [Charles Darwin]- Robinson Crusoe [Daniel Defoe]- The Iron Woman [Margaret Deland- David Copperfield [Charles Dickens]- Oliver Twist [Charles Dickens]- A Tale of Two Cities [Charles Dickens]- The Double [Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky]- The Hound of the Baskervilles [Arthur Conan Doyle]- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle]- The Three Musketeers [Alexandre Dumas]- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Francis Scott Fitzgerald]- A Room with a View [E. M. Forster]- Dream Psychology [Sigmund Freud]- Tess of the dUrbervilles [Thomas Hardy]- Siddhartha [Hermann Hesse]- Dubliners [James Joyce]- The Fall of the House of Usher [Edgar Allan Poe]- The Arabian Nights [Andrew Lang]- The Sea Wolf [Jack London]- The Call of Cthulhu [Howard Phillips Lovecraft]- Anne of Green Gables [Lucy Maud Montgomery]- Beyond Good and Evil [Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche]- The Murders in the Rue Morgue [Edgar Allan Poe]- The Black Cat [Edgar Allan Poe]- The Raven [Edgar Allan Poe]- Swanns Way [Marcel Proust]- Romeo and Juliet [William Shakespeare]- Treasure Island [Robert Louis Stevenson]- The Elements of Style [William Strunk Jr.]- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [Mark Twain]- The Prince and the Pauper [Mark Twain]- The Kama Sutra [Vatsyayana]- A Journey into the Center of the Earth [Jules Verne]- The Mysterious Island [Jules Verne]- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [Jules Verne]

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last namesA Royal Prisoner [Marcel Allain]The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton]The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle]The Nebuly Coat [John Meade Falkner]The Chestermarke Instinct,The Middle of Things,The Orange-Yellow Diamond,The Paradise Mystery [Joseph Smith Fletcher]Helen Vardons Confession,The Singing Bone{R. Austin Freeman]File No.113, Monsieur Lecoq,The Lerouge Case,The Mystery of Orcival [Emile Gaboriau]The Riddle of the Frozen Flame [Thomas W. Hanshew]A Thief in the Night ,Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman, The Amateur Cracksman [Ernest William Hornung]Malcolm Sage, Detective [Herbert George Jenkins]The Room in the Dragon Volant, Wylders Hand [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]The Stretton Street Affair [William Le Queux]The Crystal Stopper [Maurice Leblanc]The Voice in the Fog [Harold MacGrath]Anderson Crow, Detective [George Barr McCutcheon]Ashton-Kirk, Investigator [John T. McIntyre]Martin Hewitt, Investigator, The Red Triangle [Arthur Morrison]The Black Box [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]The Burglars Fate and The Detectives [Allan Pinkerton]The Sleuth of St. Jamess Square [Melville Davisson Post]The Hand in the Dark, The Shrieking Pit [Arthur John Rees]More Tish, The Case of Jennie Brice [Mary Roberts Rinehart]Bat Wing, The Hand of Fu-Manchu, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper, The Sins of Severac Bablon [Sax Rohmer]The Brand of Silence [Harrington Strong]Number Seventeen,The Stowmarket Mystery,The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley [Louis Tracy]The Lone Wolf [Louis Joseph Vance]Raspberry Jam [Carolyn Wells]The Mystery of the Barranca [Herman Whitaker]Peter the Brazen [George F. Worts]The Big Bow Mystery [Israel Zangwill]Also Available :50 Mystery and Detective masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1

Winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 Crime Fiction Book of the YearA Book of the Year for 2021 in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Irish Times ___________________________ ** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **As good as suspense fiction getsWashington Post No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead.56 DAYS AGO Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores.35 DAYS AGO When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who - and what - he really is. TODAY Detectives arrive at Olivers apartment to discover a decomposing body inside. Can they determine what really happened, or has lockdown created an opportunity for someone to commit the perfect crime?Terrific ... you wont want to stop reading until the end Karin Slaughter

From the million-copy bestselling author, perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, and The Killing."Michael Ridpath is on the war path, trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf. This is international thriller writing at its best, fine characters, page turning suspense and a great, fresh location." PETER JAMESIceland 1934: Two boys playing in the lava fields that surround their isolated farmsteads see something they shouldnt have. The consequences will haunt them and their families for generations. Iceland 2009: the credit crunch bites. The currency has been devalued, savings annihilated, lives ruined. Revolution is in the air, as is the feeling that someone ought to pay the blood price... And in a country with a population of just 300,000 souls, where everyone knows everybody, it isnt hard to draw up a list of those responsible. And then, one-by-one, to cross them off. Iceland 2010: As bankers and politicians start to die, at home and abroad, it is up to Magnus Jonson to unravel the web of conspirators before they strike again. But while Magnus investigates the crimes of the present, the crimes of the past are catching up with him.

The air cools down and the days begin to shorten; the leaves changing color put us in contact with the passing of time in a visible way. The autumn has served as inspiration for several writers that you confer in this volume, through great seven short stories.This book contains:- One Autumn Night by Maxim Gorky.- The purloined Letter - Edgar Allan Poe.- Domestic Peace by Honore de Balzac.- A Painful Case by James Joyce.- An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoevsky.- An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott.- The Elementary Spirit by E. T. A. Hoffman.

La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española.En este volumen traemos a Rudyard Kipling, un periodista, escritor de cuentos, poeta y novelista ingles. Nacio en la India, lo que inspiro gran parte de su trabajo.Este libro contiene los siguientes cuentos:- El Hombre que pudo reinar- El gato que caminaba solo- El jardineiro- El judio errante- Georgie Porgie- La Casa de los Deseos- Rikki tikki tavi

La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española. En este volumen traemos a Virginia Woolf, una autora, feminista, ensayista, editora y crítica

CONTENTS:ALEXANDER PUSHKIN1. The Queen of SpadesALGERNON BLACKWOOD:2. Confession3. S. O. S.4. The Wings of HorusARTHUR CONAN DOYLE5. B. 24ARTHUR O. FRIEL:6. The Spider7. The VultureARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH:8. Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman9. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands10. The Countess of BellarmineARTHUR STRINGER:11. The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven12. The Button Thief13. The Wire-TappersARTHUR TRAIN:14. Extradition15. The Baron de Ville16. The Golden Touch17. The Nth PowerBARONESS ORCZY18. Needs MustBARRY PAIN19. The Undying ThingCHARLES E. VAN LOAN20. For Brodies BenefitCLEVELAND MOFFETT:21. The Mysterious Card22. The Mysterious Card UnveiledCOMPTON MACKENZIE23. CarnageCY WARMAN:24. A Locomotive as a War Chariot25. A Wild Night at Wood River26. The Express Messenger27. WakalonaE.NESBIT28. John Charringtons WeddingE.W. HORNUNG29. The Man at the WheelEDGAR ALLAN POE30. The Fall of the House of UsherEDGAR WALLACE:31. The Man Who Died Twice32. The Man Who Hated Earthworms33. The Man Who Lived at Clapham34. The Man Who Was Acquitted35. The Man Who Would Not SpeakEDWARD S. ELLIS36. A Stirring IncidentEDWARD S. ELLIS37. A Young HeroETHEL TURNER38. In the Silence of the Sleep-TimeEUGENE MANLOVE RHODES39. The Long ShiftFRANK L. PACKARD40. The Blood of KingsFRANK L. PACKARD41. The BuilderFRANK L. PACKARD42. The Man Who Didnt CountFRED M. WHITE43. Red PetalsFRED M. WHITE44. The Other Mans StoryFRED M. WHITE45. The ShebeenersFRED M. WHITE46. The WaterwitchG.B. LANCASTER47. The Brand of the WildGEORGE NEWNES48. A Fair SmugglerGILBERT PARKER:49. A Castaway of the South50. As Deep As the Sea51. The Gift of the Simple KingGUY BOOTHBY52. The Treasure of Sacramento NickH. BEDFORD-JONES:53. A Personal Problem54. Gallegher of Beaver55. Sun, Sand and Soap56. The Image of EarthH.A. LAMB57. Said Afzels ElephantH.C. BAILEY58. Sir Alberts FallH.C. BAILEY59. The Devil of MarstonH.C. BAILEY60. The Lone HandH.G. WELLS61. The Treasure in the ForestH.G. WELLS62. Through a WindowHAPSBURG LIEBE63. The Jungles AccoladeHAROLD BINDLOSS64. An Unofficial AffairHAROLD BINDLOSS65. Gillatlys MarchHAROLD TITUS66. The Man Who Wouldnt Stay PutHARVEY J. OHIGGINS67. A Change of ProfessionHARVEY J. OHIGGINS68. Captain Keighleys MenHARVEY J. OHIGGINS69. Captain Meaghans RetirementHENRY C. ROWLAND70. At the Break of the MonsoonHENRY C. ROWLAND71. At the Last of the EbbHENRY C. ROWLAND72. In the China SeaHENRY C. ROWLAND73. Jordan Knapp, TraderHENRY C. ROWLAND74. Rosenthal the JewHENRY C. ROWLAND75. The Shears of AtroposHENRY C. ROWLAND76. The Treasure BoxHENRY C. ROWLAND77. Two GentlemenJACK HOLT78. The GreaserJAMES AQUILA KEMPSTER79. The Vengeance of the WolfJAMES B. CONNOLLY80. The Illimitable SensesJOSEPHINE DODGE DASKAM81. The WarningMARY HEATON VORSE82. The Wallow of the SeaMARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS83. The ButlerMRS. BELLOC LOWNDES84. The LodgerO.HENRY85. The Phonograph and the GraftPHILIP K. DICK86. Adjustment TeamPHILIP K. DICK87. The Crystal CryptPHILIP K. DICK88. The Golden ManPHILIP K. DICK89. The Hanging StrangerRAFAEL SABATINI90. The Fools Love StoryRAFAEL SABATINI91. The PrizeSAX ROHMER92. The Green MistSAX ROHMER93. The Yashmak of PearlsSTEWART EDWARD WHITE94. A Man and His DogW.W. JACOBS95. Jerry BundlerWADSWORTH CAMP96. The Signal TowerWILBUR DANIEL STEELE97. FreeWILKIE COLLINS98. The Anglers Story Of The Lady Of Glenwith GrangeWILLIAM MCLEOD RAINE99. The Winning of Miss Jimmie Tolliver

1974 - When teenage girl Anna Martellini is found brutally murdered in her home in Florence, a bunch of alleged suspects are brought to court, but her mother Deanna, with no alibi and incriminating evidence against her, is filed under suspect number one. Despite her consistent claims of innocence, the woman receives a life sentence and following her sudden death, her husband leaves everything behind to start anew in Buffalo, NY, where his brother Stefano lives with his growing family.1994 - Whilst people seem to have moved on and found peace of mind, there is someone on the other side of the Atlantic who doesnt believe that justice has been served; its Stefanos daughter, Olivia, whos itching to shed light on the old Martellini homicide case. So Deannas hard-nosed niece jets off to Italy, jumping at the opportunity to embark on a year-long study abroad program. The curious fresh-faced girl, armed with a strong sense of justice not to mention a healthy dose of luck goes to any lengths to unveil the truth about what happened to her late cousin, and first and foremost, to find out who the real culprit is.Will Olivia be able to reverse the jurys verdict and clear Aunt Deannas name?Or will she have to accept the fact that her aunt was a cold-blooded killer?

A tour de force catnip. -- New York TimesConsidering all Ive sacrificed, is it too much to ask for one little cat in return?Shinako has been ousted from her marriage by her husband Shozo and his younger lover Fukuko. Shes lost everything: her home, status, and respectability. Yet the only thing she longs for is Lily, the elegant tortoiseshell cat she shared with her husband. As Shinako pleads for Lilys return, Shozos reluctance to part with the cat reveals his true affections, and the lengths hell go to hold onto the one he loves most.A small masterpiece, A Cat, a Man, and Two Women is a novel about loneliness, love, and companionship of the most unexpected kind. In this story of Japanese society and manners, Tanizaki gives us a perfectly-formed oddball comedy, and a love triangle in which the only real rival is feline.Tanizaki is a very brilliant novelist. -- Haruki MurakamiA really great writer... Tanizaki has got this warm ticklishness to his strangeness. -- David MitchellEven his lighter-hearted fictions... make us hold our breath, and the endings dont let us quite exhale. -- John UpdikeThe outstanding Japanese novelist of the century. -- Edmund White, New York Times Book ReviewOne of the finest pieces of literature concerning cats ever written. -- Choice

Novella that tells the story of transformation of the bitter old miser Ebenezer Scrooge resulting from supernatural visits by Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come.

The precarious equilibrium among the four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. Kell begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Meanwhile, an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown and a fallen hero is desperate to save a decaying world