First published 2014
When the woman he loves dies tragically, our protagonist will do anything to speak with her one last time. He carries a tormenting secret he never dared confess while she lived. In Victorian London, at the height of spiritualism's popularity, he turns to the era's greatest medium for help. But the séance unleashes forces more terrible than anyone imagined. The entire world faces destruction, and salvation lies hidden within the pages of a mysterious book called El mapa del Caos. Without recovering this book, he can never reach his beloved, for even the afterlife itself will cease to exist. He won't face this quest alone. Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, joins him alongside Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, and H.G. Wells, whose Invisible Man may have escaped his famous novel to terrorize humanity. Together, they must discover how to save the world and find the path that reunites lovers separated by death.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, mystery, fantasy, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, quest
Setting: London, Victorian London
Period: 19th-century
666 pages · Hardcover · Plaza & Janés
Content warnings: death