The List of Seven by Mark Frost

Picked by Tom - December 16th 2020 Meeting

On Christmas Day 1884, a desperate plea from a mysterious woman leads Arthur Conan Doyle – struggling physician, aspiring writer, and part-time demystifier of the occult – to a séance in London’s East End and into a fiendish and deadly trap.

Stunned by a shocking display of black magic, Doyle witnesses a murder, nearly falling victim himself before being rescued by a secretive stranger:  Jack Sparks, a man who claims to be special agent to Queen Victoria.  He tells Doyle that he has been targeted by a diabolical coven of Satanists – The Dark Brotherhood.

 As they track their attackers across the length and breadth of Britain, assailed by forces of darkness both human and supernatural, Conan Doyle and Sparks unmask a terrifying conspiracy that threatens not only the Crown but the very fabric of modern civilization.  Their only clue:  a list of seven names, the leaders of the Brotherhood.