prisoners

"A group of prisoners try to escape the Underdark before they are taken to the drow city of Menzoberranzan and sold off as slaves, in a book where the reader's choices determine the ending of the story"--OCLC.

After his thievery conviction in 1724, Oliver Cromwell Pitts is sent from England across the Atlantic to America where he is enslaved on a tobacco farm, never giving up on finding his sister, Charity, brought to the colonies on a different ship.

"The pathetic farce that has unfolded in earnest is no more than an absurd yarn spun by the man who caused the Tragedy of Sablier by following his heart's desires. The players in his tale begin dancing with abandon, their emotions bottled up inside, as though they are marionettes manipulated by a master puppeteer..."--Back cover.

Leo and the Baskervilles have taken over Pandora, and the past of Oz Vessalius is revealed.

"The tragedy that befell a bustling city a hundred years earlier. Eyes of ill omen. Stone seals. The warped gears that have continued turning since long ago play out a requiem for one who was much loved. The solemn sound of the dirge colors the world that hears its notes a melancholy gray...as though it was always meant to be"--Back cover.

"The earnest emotions of one man cross the divides of space and time, laying bare his life, which was long hidden in thedepths of memory. But when these revelations come to pass, the reality Oz has known begins to change and shift into something wholly bewildering. Could the desire in one man's heart have been the very darkness gnawing at everything all along...?"--Back cover.

"Oz. Leo. Inescapable tragedy assults and binds the two. He is no more. That simple truth tears their hearts apart like castles of sand caving in... But will history repeat itself when, in the midst of their sorrow, the two are pitted against each other in a struggle that could end in catastrophe?"--Back cover.

Just when it seems the tragedy of Sablier is about to occur again at Isla Yura's residence, information comes to light that shocks everyone, including Oz and his allies.

OZ and his friends are on the hunt for the seals that secure Glen Baskerville's body, and Oscar Vessalius throws a outdoor tea party.