The List of 7

The game is afoot when an anonymous note from a lady-in-distress sets Arthur Conan Doyle – rising young surgeon and part-time demystifier of the occult – on the trail of a dangerous group of elite Satanists known as the Dark Brotherhood. Joining Doyle on this perilous quest is one Jack Sparks, special agent to Queen Victoria and a man of great daring and bravado, but one who is also shrouded as much in mystery and sinister potential as the Brotherhood they face, a mystery Doyle must unravel at great personal risk. Mark Frost present ingenious explanations for the creation of some of fiction's most famous characters while filling his story with epic heroes, horrific villains, death-defying stunts, and incredible escapes – including a final shocker guaranteed to leave you speechless.