London, 1888. Enter a world of bloodlines and secret societies. Where ancient creatures roam the streets in human form, and the Sacred King of pagan Britain thrives amongst the wealthy elite at the heart of the British Establishment. At sunrise, in a city where Russian spies mingle with the criminal underworld and gold is quenched in blood, a barefoot girl leaps from Westminster Bridge. Her kiss still warm on the lips of the young man she met moments before, the hunt begins for both of them. By nightfall an angry mob roams the East End. Armed to the teeth, the gentlemen of the Cuckoo Club must race against the tide in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse game that will shape the future of the 20th century. If you think the most sensational events of 1888 were the gruesome murders in Whitechapel, you're wrong. THE LAST RHINEMAIDEN - the spellbinding first novel by the author of SHADOWBOX