"An engrossing universe awaits the reader who dares go past the first page of this off kilter gothic saga, populated with a rich assortment of bizarre characters and haunting plots. Hints of Lovecraft and Poe abound as hidden secrets, the occult, succubi, spiritual séances, and repressed urges are interwoven in Frédéric Bézian’s award-winning literary and spectacularly dark fantasy. "