Savannah Thorne

The Blood Almanack

There are celebrated persons in history about whom we think we know everything. But there is a dark side to the unknown years in a classic American story. 

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Benjamin Franklin’s brilliance is world-famous. But how far would he go to gain knowledge?

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In the secret caverns of Lord Dashwood’s infamous “Hell Fire Club” in West Wycliffe, England, young Ben Franklin joins the Lord in alchemical experiments, hedonistic lifestyle, and occult initiations. The last thing Ben expects is to fall in love with the lord’s sister, Rachel, and father an illegitimate child with her. But Lord Dashwood will stop at nothing to further his aims—including murder. Ben becomes embroiled in cover-ups as a London constable closes in on the missing and murdered persons cases. When Lord Dashwood's driving aims and Rachel's growing madness tear Ben’s loyalties in two, will love or ambition win out?