The mesmerizing story of a young woman in Victorian London, who,
haunted by the ghosts of Jack the Ripper's victims, is set on a
terrifying path to salvation.
The real monsters are men. London 1888, and Jack the Ripper is
terrorizing the people of the city. Evelyn, a young woman disfigured by
her dangerous work in a matchstick factory with nowhere to go, does not
know what to make of her new position as a maid to the Elephant Man in
London Hospital. Evelyn wanted to be locked away from the world, like he
is, shut away from the filth and dangers of the streets. But in Joseph
Merrick, the Elephant Man, she finds a gentle kindred, who does not
recoil from her, and who understands her pain.
When the murders begin, however, Joseph and Evelyn are haunted nightly
by the ghosts of the Ripper's dead, setting Evelyn on a path to facing
her fears and uncovering humanity's worst nightmares.
A terrifying and haunting tale from the Edgar Award-winning author of
Icefall and the "Assassin's Creed" novels, Matthew J. Kirby.