Cabaret of Monsters
By Tansy Rayner Roberts
- Release Date: 2018-11-15
- Genre: Historical Fantasy
Immerse yourself in the glamorous, dangerous world of the Creature Court.
Saturnalia in Aufleur is a time of topsy-turvy revels, of the world turned upside down. The city’s theatres produce an annual display of reversals and surprises. Women can transform into wolves. Even the rats are not what they seem.
Evie has travelled to Aufleur to uncover the city's sinister secrets… but this newspaper reporter has secrets of her own.
As she befriends the dazzling cabaret performers of the mysterious Vittorina Royale theatre, she falls under the spell of their most charismatic celebrities: songbird Livilla and the Stagemaster Poet. Who is Garnet, and why is everyone so afraid of him? What are the secrets of the Creature Court? Evie thought she wanted to learn the truth, but now she just wants to get out of Aufleur alive.
If you enjoy intrigue, devastating plot twists, LGBT characters and sumptuous detail, you’ll adore this gaslamp fantasy novella inspired by Paris theatre, Ancient Rome and the Roaring 20s.
Prequel novella for the Creature Court -- read it before or after the main trilogy!
