Eleven years later, in the city of Oxford, he met her again for the first time...
In 1870, Jack Cade is admitted to the new-breed stronghold of Pandemonium, a colony of people just like him: descendants of the vanished demon race, all of them extraordinary in little ways, and deranged in much bigger ones. There, he falls in love with Ellini Syal, a shy, insular woman who spends most of her time scampering barefoot over the Edinburgh rooftops.
In 1881, he meets her again, but has no idea who she is. All he knows is that there are dark, horribly suggestive gaps in his memory, and that Ellini is running from something she refuses to talk about. Can he work out who she is and what she's done in time to save her from the creatures pursuing her? Can he save himself from the amnesia and the creeping indifference that are eating him up piece by piece? Or is amnesia preferable to the kind of memories he will have to unearth?
The Great Ellini is the first book in the epic historical-fantasy-romance The Powder Trail, a series where the past and the present meet, part, and reunite with explosive consequences.
AWARDS (for full list see Author Notes):
1st Place - Paranormal (The Misfit Awards 2022)
1st Place - Fantasy (Clouded Ink Awards 2022)
1st Place - Fantasy (The Pink Cloud Awards 2023)
Genre: Paranormal, Historical, Fantasy, Romance
Status: Complete
Content warnings: There is occasional swearing, implications of sexual abuse (never described), and the heroine sometimes struggles with suicidal thoughts (though the overall tone is hopeful)
Recommendation by Ella_rowan
Superbly written and wonderful worldbuilding in this story where demons and humans live side by side in Victorian Britain. For any adult who loves dark fantasy romance with a light touch, liberally sprinkled with humour.
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