The second volume of a noir-style mystical detective story set in an alternative Victorian era.
The plot unfolds in an isolated steampunk island town from which there’s no escape. Mechanical automatons roam its streets, and time travelers move through it, while people’s lives are controlled by a deranged computer and a brutal serial killer.
This work will appeal to fans of detective stories with Victorian elements, to readers inspired by Howard Lovecraft’s horror, and to those who know the famous “Monsterologist” series by Rick Yancey.
New Bangor is an unremarkable island in the Pacific Ocean, part of the British Polynesia. But those who accidentally find themselves on this small patch of land are in for an unpleasant surprise.
A young promising clerk from London, Gerty Winterblossom, learned this the hard way. The moment he arrived on the island, his documents were stolen, and local officials took him for the famous Colonel Guy Norman Withers. Colonel Withers was known for his courage and reckless actions—and a complex murder case is expected to be his responsibility.
But the deeper Gerty gets into this deceptive situation, the more terrifying secrets the gloomy island reveals…