Laburnum is a city of two moons and one faith: Logic.

It’s also a city of rat empires, criminal gangs, slum boys, plotting politicians, curious princesses, the crimson men, drunkards and a talking cat.

And there’s a bit of witchcraft going on, but we’re not allowed to talk about that.

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The Girl who Liked to Read Too Much is part 2 of 6 from Alex Alexander’s debut novel Widdershins.

In the Neo-Victorian city of Laburnum, the Academy have outlawed irrational thought. Religion, mysticism and magic have been forgotten and replaced with the Laws of Logic. The Academy’s Inquisitors police these laws and to break them is to commit the ultimate crime: Logicide.

Cassandra, The Girl who Liked to Read Too Much, has discovered a book unlike any other. A book that's probably best left alone.

And a stranger of a most peculiar and secretive profession has arrived in Laburnum.

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“…Can you hear him? He who speaks in whispers…”