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01891aam a22002775 4500 001 254D2F6A1A3011EEAF9CB4AD47ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230704010055 008 230324t20211909xxu e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1513271504 020 $a 9781513271507 040 $d SILO 050 $a PS 082 $a 813 100 1 $a Stoker, Bram, $d 1847-1912 $e author. $9 10610 245 14 $a The Lady of the Shroud / $c Bram Stoker. 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b Mint Editions, $c 2021. 300 $a 298 pages 520 $a Old Roger Melton has died, leaving behind one of the greatest fortunes in Europe. Much to the familys surprise, Roger leaves his vast estate to his obscure young nephew, Rupert St. Leger. But Ruperts newfound wealth comes with strange conditions attached, one of which is that he must inhabit the old castle of Vissarion in the remote Balkan nation known as the Land of the Blue Mountains. Rupert, an intrepid adventurer, agrees and travels to Vissarion with his Aunt Janet, who possesses the occult power of Second Sight. Once at Vissarion, Rupert finds himself visited by a ghostly woman clothed in a burial shroud who sleeps in a tomb. Haunted by her strange beauty, he declares his love and they wed but as a newly married couple, their trials and adventures continue. From sea battles with mechanical crabs and flying machines to insidious court plotters and spies, the newlyweds battle all manner of foe in their quest to free their country and become the ruling Voivodes of Vissarion, the Land of the Blue Mountains. 650 7 $a FICTION / Occult & Supernatural. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Horror. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 1 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20230704010524.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=254D2F6A1A3011EEAF9CB4AD47ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search