The Secrets of Life and Death

Krakow 1585

Summoned by the King of Poland to help save his dying niece, Edward Kelley and his master, alchemist and scholar Dr John Dee, discover a dark secret at the heart of The Countess Bathory's malady.

But perhaps the cure will prove more terrifying than the alternative...

England, 2010

Jackdaw Hammond lives in the shadows, a practitioner and purveyor of occult materials. But when a young woman's body is discovered on a train covered in occult symbols, Jackdaw can't escape the attention of police consultant Felix Guichard.

Together they must solve a mystery centuries in the making, or die trying.