
A Victorian magician and a lord face blackmail and a giant-rat plague while navigating their secret relationship.
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A Victorian magician and a lord face blackmail and a giant-rat plague while navigating their secret relationship.
Magic in the blood. Danger in the streets. Lord Crane has never had a lover quite as elusive as Stephen Day. He knows Stephen's job as justiciar requires secrecy, but the magician is doing his disappearing act more than seems reasonable-especially since Crane will soon return to his home in China. When a blackmailer threatens to expose their illicit relationship, there's only one thing stopping Crane from leaving the country he loathes: Stephen. Stephen has problems of his own. As he investigate...
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Explicit on-page m/m sex scenes, including desk sex; frequent steamy content
Graphic murder and death; blood and gore; giant rats; animal death
Recurring cursing and strong language throughout
Drug abuse referenced off-page; not depicted
Central m/m romance; secrecy and anti-gay persecution as major themes
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Justiciars, warlocks, blood-and-sex magic bonds; magic central to plot
Possible vampire ghosts; possession elements in fantasy context
Period anti-Chinese sentiment, class tension, and social prejudice
Suicide referenced but not depicted on-page
Blackmail, kidnapping, confinement, rape; graphic anti-gay abuse; animal death
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