Thirteen-year-old Jessamine Grace and her mother make a living as sham spiritualists—until they discover that Jess is a mesmerist and that she really can talk to the dead. Soon she is plunged into the dark world of Victorian London’s supernatural underbelly and learns that the city is under attack by ghouls, monsters, and spirit summoners. Can Jess fight these powerful forces? And will the group of strange children with mysterious powers she befriends be able to help? As shy, proper Jess transforms into a brave warrior, she uncovers terrifying truths about the hidden battle between good and evil, about her family, and about herself.
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Ronald L. Smith
RONALD L. SMITH is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award–winning author of Hoodoo,The Mesmerist, The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, and Black Panther: The Young Prince. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. www.strangeblackflowers.com Twitter: @RonSmithbooks. Ronald L. Smith trabalhou como redator publicitário e, além da obra Pantera Negra: o jovem príncipe, é autor de Hoodoo (2015), uma fantasia young adult gótica, e de The Mesmerist (2017), uma fantasia sobrenatural. Recebeu críticas elogiosas de suas obras em periódicos como The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews e The Baltimore Sun e, em 2016, foi ganhador do prêmio Jovem Talento Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe. Ele mora em Baltimore, Maryland.
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