Vengeful Jester and The Rat King

The story tells of two young men who live in England, in a period equal to the Victorian Era in our time. A terrible plague is raging across the country, the last stronghold that remains in this country, thanks to which it literally rotts from the inside. An ideological war of two cults is being planned in the country, which may well develop into a war between countries. And in all this nightmare, previously unseen otherworldly forces begin to awaken, which will come to the service of the main characters, in their difficult fate.
P.S.: The whole story was written as a result of an unsuccessful joke directed by one young student towards his English teacher. Who argued with her that he could stretch his essay to the size of a full-fledged book. For the author, this work is the first, so do not expect something incredible, but this does not mean that he did not put his soul into it. In general, everything is at your discretion, reader.