Vial Thoughts

Balanced on a thin wire between horror and steampunk Van Essler’s debut novel is an acrobatic performance at the darkest of circuses. Lenora Leahill has recently inherited her father’s estate and is ready to take her place in the enlightened Age of Awareness where books can be instantly consumed as injections using an Aqua Peritia cuff. She has grand plans for securing her legacy but navigating these new responsibilities alone is not easy especially when it’s impossible to see clearly under the city’s ashfall.When an old colleague of her father’s demands fulfillment of a promise Lenora knows nothing about she discovers this new Age of Awareness is haunted by a dark history. Lenora must wade through the shadows of the past and gain her footing in the present if she has any hope of a future—unless death or madness finds her first.