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London, 1825. A whispered invitation, a hidden tomb, and a dust that glitters like starlight: Lord Percival Ashworth returns from Egypt with a relic that promises to erase time itself. The mummy powder fine as moonlight, luminous under candle-flame becomes the rage of Mayfair's ballrooms, courting duchesses, poets, and rogues who will trade their souls for one more year of youth.
But the glow is a thief. Faces brighten while minds unravel; sleepless whispers haunt gilded corridors; and Lady Constance Belmont, once the city's radiant queen, dances herself into a grey-skinned wraith. As bodies fade and reason crumbles, Ashworth must confront the ancient secret he has loosed and the terrible price of a beauty that refuses to die.
Book One of the Ashworth Quartet is a darkly witty Victorian thriller about vanity, archaeology, and the lethal cost of chasing eternity. Perfect for readers who love the gas-lit dread of The Alienist, the sharp satire of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and the creeping horror of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
