The secret powers of the human mind may transform the world — for good or for evil.
1900. Great Britain is the heartland of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. It is also a country of extremes — of wealth and poverty, of modern science and occult forces, of naked power and hidden intrigues. London, the modern Babylon, is its capital. But something terrible is happening. Across the city, young people with psychic powers are going missing. Who is taking them and why?
Peggy Lock didn’t expect to become an orphan at sixteen. When her uncle and now guardian Arthur Lock asks her to leave Ireland and go to England with him, she agrees, though with a divided heart. But when, not long after her parents’ funeral, someone breaks into her house and steals her father’s research notebooks, Peggy’s world is shaken once more.
Arthur soon realizes that the theft of the notebooks, which detail Peggy’s father’s ESP research, is connected with several missing person cases in London. But what kind of conspiracy is this and who is behind it?
As Arthur and Peggy investigate, they uncover a group of clever, ruthless men who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. Forced to improvise, Arthur recruits a band of young people with diverse talents to combat the secret organization and rescue the captives. But as the investigation progresses, the group learns that the enemy is more formidable than they thought and possesses powers they can barely conceive of.
The World Unseen is the first season of The Cryptic Branch, originally published in serial form. If you like historical fantasy with intriguing characters and rich settings, then you’ll love Valentine Wyatt’s thrilling story.