HUNTING THE SNARK
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When a young girl disappears from her Oxfordshire mansion, a lonesome, opium-addicted academic descends into the underworld of Victorian England to find her, uncovering a ghastly conspiracy that leads to the throne.
The origin story of ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
This is my first "adult" novel and is something very different to MetaWars or Alienated in terms of tone, but no less ambitious in terms of character, story and world-building.
This is a visceral, opium-fueled, revenge thriller set underneath the aristocracy of Victorian London.
Like with Star Pressed, I'm sharing this in a pre-edited form with my amazing wattpad followers. I love you guys! There will be spelling / grammar errors and the final, published version will be different. I'll keep you posted on that front.
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