Secrets of the White Roses

Storm clouds gather over the Old Capital, creeping in from the dark mountains that press the city up against the sea. A terrible thunderstorm is about to begin. But for now only the idols of an abandoned cemetery and the beheaded musician—whose murder Vincent Fains will have to investigate, a detective in the service of His Majesty—are aware of it. Soon the city will tremble from a string of deaths, sink into primal fear, and the ancient narrow streets will be filled with no less ancient Darkness.