Friday 56: The Shadow Revolution by Clay & Susan Griffith

This is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice

These are the rules:

1. Grab a book, any book.

2. Turn to page 56, or 56% on your eReader.

3. Find any sentence (or a few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.

4. Post it.

5. Add the URL to your post in the link on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post.

Synopsis:

     "They are the realm’s last, best defense against supernatural evil. But they’re going to need a lot more silver.

      As fog descends, obscuring the gas lamps of Victorian London, werewolves prowl the shadows of back alleys. But they have infiltrated the inner circles of upper-crust society as well. Only a handful of specially gifted practitioners are equipped to battle the beasts. Among them are the roguish Simon Archer, who conceals his powers as a spell-casting scribe behind the smooth veneer of a dashing playboy; his layabout mentor, Nick Barker, who prefers a good pub to thrilling heroics; and the self-possessed alchemist Kate Anstruther, who is equally at home in a ballroom as she is on a battlefield.

      After a lycanthrope targets Kate’s vulnerable younger sister, the three join forces with fierce Scottish monster-hunter Malcolm MacFarlane—but quickly discover they’re dealing with a threat far greater than anything they ever imagined."

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56% on Tablet:

     Malcolm said quietly, "I'm surprised that men such as these vile resurrectionists are your friends."

     "Friends is a bit strong. Although I don't begrudge a man a living wage in this day and age."

     The Scotsman muttered, "Wonder if you'd feel the same if it was your carcass they were pulling from the grave?"

     "Hopefully I won't find out for many years."

Simon gave Kate a charming wink.