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Shadow Hour
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Ongoing, First published Feb 23, 2017
"Don't ever stare too long into the darkness. You never know what might be staring back."

In the hidden, shadowy corners of London, witches practise their magic in secret. Threaded through the ordinary world lies an intricate occult society, rich with midnight markets, psychic clairvoyants and potion sellers. 

In the centre of London resides the Hawthorne family; one of the eldest witching families in England. Seventeen-year-old Thea Hawthorne lives alone in the bustling metropolis, living on money sent to her from her travelling psychic mother.

But a dark, twisted power is beginning to pollute the heart of the city. There are those who wield the powers of dreams and demons; an insidious force of blood and shadows and fear. Something sinister has clawed its way up from the bowels of darkness, something with power unlike anything ever seen before.

THE SHADOWS ARE ALIVE...
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