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Claire finds herself becoming more and more secluded as she starts to obsess over the diary's contents… as well as the lingering feeling that her own sister's disappearance may be somehow tied to it all

people fear God's wrath and local superstitions – like the story of the Low Man

the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen―and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor

ruled by a powerful showman who’s been waiting for Kallia to finally cross his stage

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