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Time 3h 22m

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"Smoke and mirrors are for cheap tricks and county fairs, Kenna," he says quietly. "The circus... the circus is where magic and mayhem collide."

Nineteen-year-old Kenna Oberman leads a sheltered life taking care of her sickly mother until she's gifted a ticket to the Continent's most beloved circus-Cyrus Hardgrove's Traveling Menagerie for the Magically Minded and Magnificently Curious. Unbeknownst to Kenna, Cyrus Hardgrove has big plans for her.

As she's swept into the bedazzling world of aerobatics, lion taming, and ventriloquism, Kenna quickly finds herself the star performer of Hardgrove's spectacular show. But is it all just an illusion? 

When Kenna realizes she's trapped, bound to the Ringmaster by a dangerous spell, she turns to the only person not enamored by her spine-chilling gift: Theo Goodborough. The sword swallower hasn't spoken a single word to her since she joined the traveling carnival, but he might be her only chance at freedom.All Rights Reserved

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Solaris

Who would ever mourn someone like you? -- Priscilla Ridley has never known peace of mind. That is until a carousel appears outside of her home, there to whisk her away to Solaris, a circus rich in magic and dedicated to providing a safe haven to the lost or helpless. Priscilla finds herself quickly falling in love with her surroundings, captivated by the grandiose oddities Solaris has to provide. After years of nothing but heartache and trouble, Solaris is like a dream come true. Only, one should always be careful what they wish for. Solaris has a history steeped in secret and tragedy. It is far from the place it used to be, and even farther from the experience Priscilla was promised. Now trapped and with very few options, Priscilla must navigate the inner workings of the circus in order to win not only her freedom but the freedoms of everyone else around her. With no true way of knowing where true intentions lie, and no telling where truth ends and fiction begins, each decision is a gamble. One that very well may end in Priscilla becoming nothing but another name on the evergoing list of desecrated souls.