The Theatre of Shadows — B.E. Maxwell

An evil Sorcerer Queen has entered London from another realm. Due to her pernicious influence, workhouses abound and hobgoblins terrorize the countryside. Ulricke is incognito as Mrs. Dreadlake.

Elliot and Victoria must join together with the members of a magical lodge to stop her. But she must be stopped at one crucial moment. During the ninth performance of The Shadow Queen, a dramatic play, at the Theatre of Shadows in St. Martin's Lane, London.

Invocations will be used to open a portal so the evil Queen can bring ALL her power to bear on England. Innocent children in the audience will be urged to call upon her and ask her to come in with all the power she can muster.

Will a little boy, terrorized and enslaved in a frightful mill survive his ordeal?

Why are Victoria and her three school friends so afraid of their new headmistress at Prosingham School?

Will the Summerwind servants survive their nightly siege by an army of hobyas and hobgoblins, who scratch at the windows and ceaselessly wiggle the door handles trying to get in and have at them?

How do Victoria and her friends profane the sanctity of their boarding school?

Will Deirdre finally get to enjoy her most favorite food of all?

Why is the evil Queen's second in command, a powerful shape changer, terrorizing people in Highgate cemetery?

What does Ellen experience in the ghastly dimensions of Mrs. Dreadlake's lower astral library?

Elliot and Victoria's rings have an amazing new power. What is it?

Will Elliot be able to come to Victoria's world and time, in time to help her?

This book is the sequel to the Faerie Door, but can be read independently by those who have never read the first.

In this book you will meet:

J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan
A huge, ugly and faithful bulldog named Mr. Gladstone
Two evil school matrons who can crawl upside down across ceilings and unhinge their jaws.
The most evil mill and workhouse owner that ever was.

In this book you will experience:
Flying at night over the English countryside with the wind in your hair.
A terrifying steam juggernaut / road locomotive.
Being chased by an apparition that exudes fear and gives off a horrifying stench of decay.
The fearful things Ellen the maid experiences in the lair of evil itself, Dreadlake House, in Great Portland Street.

This story is thick with the fog bound atmosphere of Victorian London, where omnibuses and hansom cabs clatter and lurch through dim gas lit streets.