"Cottam is a masterly maven of the deeply disturbing occult. His latest may well leave you with nightmares Kirkus ReviewsIn the 1500s an almanac full of magic spells was put together by someone intent on bringing about The End Times. It has resurfaced and is being used indiscriminately.An unexpected lunar eclipse. A poisonous fog that cripples the capital. Statues that weep blood.As the catalogue of calamities mount, fear and paranoia provoke rumours of terrorist attacks. But from whom?History professor Juliet Harrington is an authority on sixteenthcentury mysticism and a longtime believer in the existence of the Almanac of Forbidden Wisdom, a potent spellbook legend insists was compiled in that period by a cabal of powerful occultists. Its magic is summoned though only at disastrous cost, signalled by The Auguries. Juliet is convinced that the recent plague of disasters means someone reckless is using the book and she has little time left to stop them.,br>

Binding: Paperback;208 pages; Publisher: Canongate Books; Classification: FH; Weight: 655 g; Dimensions: 222 x 141 x 24

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