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Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A morose inventor who owns a bottle of poison powerful enough to kill everyone in town. A prominent antiques dealer who hangs a Nazi flag from his window to disrupt the shooting of a movie. & a redneck gigolo whose conquests describe him as a 'walking streak of sex'. These are some of the real residents of Savannah Georgia a city whose eccentric mores are unerringly observed
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1916 Calcutta. A man pauses for breath outside the ruins of Jheeters Gate station knowing he has only hours to live. Pursued by assassins he must ensure the safety of two newborn twins before disappearing into the night to meet his fate. 1932. Ben & his friends are due to leave the orphanage which has been their home for sixteen years. Tonight will be the final meeting of their secret club in the old ruin they christened The Midnight Palace. Then Ben discovers he has a sister
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Midnight Mayor

Its said that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London then the Tower will crumble and the kingdom will fall. As it happens thats not so far from the truth.. .One by one the magical wards that guard the city are failing: the London Wall defiled with cryptic graffiti the ravens found dead at the Tower the London Stone destroyed. This is not good news. This array of supernatural defences - a mix of international tourist attractions and forgotten urban legends - formed a formidable magical shield. Protection for the City of London against.. .well thats the question isnt it? What could be so dangerous as to threaten an entire city? Against his better judgement resurrected sorcerer Matthew Swift is about to find out. And if hes lucky he might just live long enough to do something about it.
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    Its said that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London then the Tower will crumble & the kingdom will fall. As it happens thats not so far from the truth.. . One by one the magical wards that guard the city are failing: the London Wall defiled with cryptic graffiti the ravens found dead at the Tower the London Stone destroyed. This is not good news. This array of supernatural defences
    - a mix of international tourist attractions & forgotten urban legends
    - formed a formidable magical shield. Protection for the City of London against.. .well thats the question isnt it? What could be so dangerous as to threaten an entire city? Against his better judgement resurrected sorcerer Matthew Swift is about to find out. & if hes lucky he might just live long enough to do something about it.. .

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    Wall - A physical barrier between two areas
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