For fans of the esoteric, the dreadful and the beautifully sinister, prepare to enter a world where horror is real, secrets rot from within and the cost of truth is sanity.
�������� Dark, elegant and chilling.
Victorian London, 1891. Six strangers are summoned by cryptic invitation to the mysterious Order of the Steel Rose, a vanguard against an ancient and implacable evil.
Each of the six brings their own skills and expertise, as well as their own dark secrets.
To their horror, they learn that the supernatural is, in fact, very real. The hidden world they discover threatens not only their lives, but their sanity, as those secrets return to haunt them.
In the beating heart of the most populous city in the world, the six find themselves alone, battling against horrendous creatures lurking in the shadows, stalking people as prey.
Forced to engage in a terrible Dark Masquerade, straddling an invisible line between decorum and carnage, their actions set them on a dire path to discover what lies in the darkness...
Meet DARK MASQUERADE - Book 1 in the Order of the Steel Rose series by R. Slater, the enigmatic talent behind ArxNocturna and a rising force in supernatural and gothic horror.
Known for his mastery of language, symbol and slow-burning dread, Slater is carving a distinct place in the world of supernatural fiction, with his talent for psychological complexity, haunting atmosphere and timeless terror.
