Cherry St. Croix returns to the fog-ridden streets of Victorian London where the balance of power threatens all that she loves. I will not wither without laudanum. Sober and determined I have chosen another way— alchemy and the pursuit of wellness it embodies. My name is Cherry St. Croix and though freedom is finally at my fingertips I return to the blackened streets intent on righting the wrongs I'd left behind. All is not well in London low. Caught in a war between gangs men are torn limb from limb and I am called on to ascertain how. The immoral Karakash Veil is no doubt involved and Micajah Hawke a prisoner in his own Menagerie cannot soften the danger this time. Armed with the alchemical arts I have learned my ever present guardian and what few friends are left to me I embark on a campaign to rescue the ringmaster I cannot abandon save the Brick Street Bakers from annihilation and finally face that which frightens me the most—my own heart. Book five of the St. Croix Chronicles 106 000 words
