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In an alternate 1899, Solomon Hunt leaves home after his father’s death to seek income for his family, only to stumble into the adventure of a lifetime when he rescues the Seer, a young genius showman, from captivity in a sideshow.
Together, the duo flee across the terrifying, entertainment-obsessed Empire of America, evading a group of vicious pursuers led by Leopold J. Coop, who not only dominates the Empire through his circus-like extravaganzas, but seeks to be president too.
From Buffalo to New Orleans, Denver to Los Angeles, and everywhere in between, Solomon and the Seer befriend and recruit diverse young performers trapped in shows, including a human cannonball, a giant acrobat, a blues musician, an outlaw gunslinger, a talking gorilla, and more. As Coop closes in and vile secrets are revealed, the ragtag troupe prepare an explosive, groundbreaking performance intended to save them all.
About the author
Shane Peacock is an author, playwright, journalist, and screenwriter, published in twenty languages in eighteen countries. He has won seven Junior Library Guild of America Selection honors, two Arthur Ellis Awards, the Libris Award, the Geoffrey Bilson Award, and has been short-listed for the Governor General’s Award. His young adult novels include The Book of Us, the acclaimed Boy Sherlock Holmes series, the Dylan Maples Adventures, and The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim trilogy. He is also the author of As We Forgive Others, the first novel in the Northern Gothic Mysteries, for adult readers. He lives in Cobourg, Ontario, with his wife, journalist Sophie Kneisel.
