In a Futurist-Victorian London, Ex-Carnie Victor Hart makes his living as a dinner party entertainer and mountebank, using the skills taught to him by his Romani mother – the Patterns. When tragedy strikes a wealthy friend, Victor Hart puts his skills to use in an alternative manner. This Steampunk London has its fair share of psychos, sickos, and sadists, and it takes a special kind of mind to hunt them. Victor sees human behaviour in a way few others can understand but only as an outsider; certain parts of his humanity are missing and that disturbs him. As he solves each seemingly unrelated case, a dark pattern slowly begins to reveal itself threatening the heart of the British Empire and even what we feel makes us human. A Steampunk-detective-noir, darker than most, the first volume features four thrilling cases; the first novel in a Duology.

--- CHRISTIAN SIMAMORA adalah penulis serial bestseller #jboyfriend dan #vimanasingles. Buku terbarunya, HOW TO STAY SINGLE, sudah bisa dibeli di toko-toko buku besar seluruh Indonesia. --- Dengan gesture angkuh, Pariban membalikkan badannya dan berjalan keluar dari paviliun. Pandanganku mengawasi kepergianya, ketika menelusuri area pinggir kolam hingga mencapai pintu samping rumah. Sesuatu di dalam diri mendorong diriku untuk keluar dan memanggilnya. Sesuai harapanku, dia menoleh. "Gue juga mau berterus terang sama lo," kataku dengan suara keras, supaya terdengar sampai ke seberang sana. "Ucapan lo nggak sepenuhnya salah." "Maksudnya?" "Gue nggak bisa menyalahkan lo karena menilai gue nggak masuk kategori tipe ideal lo. Tapi, Pariban..., gue nggak akan munafik-" Aku melihat kepalanya dimiringkan untuk mendengarkanku lebih serius. "-I think you really are my type."

A tale of horror.