Shadow of the Golden Dawn

by D.R. Hill

Whitechapel 1888Malleus detective Kalpesh Khatri and his partner Inspector Frederick Abberline discover the mutilated body of a woman lying beneath a magical pentacle painted in blood.The two men soon come to discover that this brutal killing is just the first in a string of ritual murders undertaken by the illusive serial killer, Jack the Ripper, in his attempts to open the gates to the Abyss and summon forth untold horrors. Kalpesh finds himself swept up in the tides of destiny, facing off against insurmountable odds in events that threaten to crumble the very fabric of reality.

Murder, Mystery, Black Magic, and Secret Occult Societies.A magical detective crime thriller set in an alternate history Victorian London.

416 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 24, 2023

About the author

D. R. Hill lives with his partner in the rural county of Devon, England. Graduating with a BSc in Biomedical Science from Queen Mary University of London in 2014, he left university without a plan, with an uncertain future, and a lengthy unfinished manuscript. After a short period of soul searching, D. R. Hill took a job at a local landscaping company and got to work writing. That manuscript quickly evolved and divided over the years that followed, finally becoming The Archmage Saga with the first entry, Rise Of The Apostate, making it to print in May 2018. Today, he continues to work for the same landscaping company whilst spending every minute he can writing, hoping one day to rival the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien or Arthur C. Clarke.

Reviews

[CHARLES WILCOCKSON · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a thouroughly enjoyable read. Taking the premise of Jack the Ripper and the known deep unterest of the occult of the victorian age and applying that "what if" angle to it.
The clearly deep research into the Jack the Ripper history and that of London at the time gives the book real credence.

All in all a Rip Roaring story (pun intended)

[AmbushPredator · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glorious urban fantasy set in a London where sorcery is outlawed, and Alestair Crowley has a nefarious plan to summon a demon during the hunt for Jack the Ripper, culminating in a breathtaking finale in Westminster.