The law of consequences
From surprises in hessian sacks, pubs run by stone golems, a curious packed lunch, questionable drink choices, to copper urns (best avoided), dogs in space, horrifying boarding schools, families torn apart by war, brooding strangers and suspicious jars of marmalade.
Discover drama, treachery, love and the unpredictable, and often astonishing outcomes of our actions. Each tale in ‘The Law of Consequences’ reveals the delicate balance between destiny and free will, light and shadow.
Enter with an open mind…
My story, The Alchemist is set in the same alternate 1860’s London as my current work-in-progress (a young adult, steampunk, crime story with the working title, ‘Mage Asylum’).
Rasmus, a seasoned alchemist on the verge of the blessed obscurity that he so desires, is engulfed by people and problems when he chooses to heal a young boy mortally wounded in an explosion. One seemingly bad choice follows another as he, against his better judgment, accepts an apprentice into his care with unexpected and disastrous consequences.