Publisher's Synopsis
Winter, 1807. Astonishment Hall, a country estate in the Pennines, is full of weird and wonderful exhibitions. But a valuable exhibit is stolen, the first in a series of seemingly unconnected events. A bell tower is burnt to the ground, trapping a young boy inside, an outbreak of thefts plagues the valley, and a man is violently murdered and left to the crows and the snow. The owner of Astonishment Hall sends to London for help, and so Whilbert Stroop journeys north to try and find answers to both his own search for a missing glass-worker, and the events at Astonishment Hall. Before long, Stroop becomes embroiled in one man's terrifying and warped desire for vengeance against ancient wrongs, and another man's fight for survival.
