![]() ![]() Marshal Bass Reeves is closing in on his man, and he's not about to reject any help he can get, even if it comes from a girl who works in the Hôtel Mon Cheri. As if that wasn't bad enough, the next night brings a body dumped in their rubbish heap - a streetwalker who has been brutally murdered.Hard on the heels of that horrifying discovery comes a lawman who has been chasing this killer for months. ![]() ![]() Through Karen's eyes we get to know the other girls in the house - a resourceful group - and the poor and the powerful of the town.Trouble erupts one night when a badly injured girl arrives at their door, begging sanctuary, followed by the man who holds her indenture, and who has a machine that can take over anyone's mind and control their actions. Karen is a young woman on her own, making the best of her orphaned state by working in Madame Damnable's high-quality bordello. In the late nineteenth century - in a city a lot like what we now call Seattle Underground - when airships plied the trade routes, would-be gold miners were heading to the gold fields of Alaska, and steam-powered mechanicals stalked the waterfront. ![]()
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