Kate Mosse, bestselling author of "Sepulchre," returns with an epic tale of one mysterious estate's influence on the lives of two very different women. In October 1891, seventeen-year-old Leonie Vernier and her brother are invited to their aunt's estate, the famous Domaine de la Cade, and they are soon drawn into the mansion's dark, secret world. Then, when Leonie finds a Visigoth sepulchre and a pack of tarot cards that is rumored to hold special powers, her life, and the lives of those around her, change forever. In October 2007, Meredith Martin, an American graduate student, arrives at the Domaine and finds a pack of tarot cards that holds the key to her fate and her connection to Vernier.
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Kate Mosse, bestselling author of "Sepulchre," returns with an epic tale of one mysterious estate's influence on the lives of two very different women. In October 1891, seventeen-year-old Leonie Vernier and her brother are invited to their aunt's estate, the famous Domaine de la Cade, and they are soon drawn into the mansion's dark, secret world. Then, when Leonie finds a Visigoth sepulchre and a pack of tarot cards that is rumored to hold special powers, her life, and the lives of those around her, change forever. In October 2007, Meredith Martin, an American graduate student, arrives at the Domaine and finds a pack of tarot cards that holds the key to her fate and her connection to Vernier.