The Silver Serpent Society
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Last published Sun, Jul 28, 2024
When a billionaire's sadistic murder bears the mark of Detective Kane's most disturbing unsolved case, he's dragged back into the darkness. The Glasgow Ghoul has returned as Nyx Vesperra - once an avenging vigilante, now transformed by occult forces into a demonic killer hellbent on bloody retribution against London's secret criminal elite.
Kane's obsession reignites to stop Nyx's savage crusade before it brings down powerful interests woven through the halls of power. But Nyx won't be caged again. Kane must make impossible bargains, challenge a shadowy cabal, and confront the monsters of his past to kill an evil that's become greater than human...before London drowns in its ancient sins given form.
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