In 18th century Stockholm, as the winds of
revolution rage through the great capitals of Europe,
the key to a nation's fate rests in the hands of an
unlikely hero.
Emil Larsson is a drinker, card
player and contented bachelor until he is told that his
position at the Office of Excise and Customs depends on
his settling down and finding a wife. Mrs Sparrow,
proprietor of an exclusive gaming house, fortune teller
(and confidante of King Gustav III) offers to lay an
Octavo for him - a form of cartomancy which can divine
his future if he can find the eight individuals who can
help him realise his vision.
When Mrs Sparrow
wins a mysterious fan in her card game, the Octavo's
deeper powers are revealed. No longer just a game of the
heart, collecting his Eight is now crucial to pulling
his country back from the brink of rebellion and
chaos.
A debut novel full of opulent period
detail, brilliantly interweaving history, romance and
intrigue, in which one man's fortune holds the key to a
nation's precarious fate.
'A delicious
page-turner that brings 18th century Stockholm to vivid
life, complete with scandal, conspiracy, mystery, and a
hint of magic.' - Eleanor Brown, New York Times
bestselling author of The Weird
Sisters
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