Shadows in the Watchgate Author:Mike Jefferies THE HAND OF GLORY — In a musty London bookstore, a page is torn from the Ledgers of the Dead. On Gibbet Hill, a dark soul is shaken from the sleep of centuries. In a quaint quarter of Norwich, a lovely American model finds her dream house. Crossing its ancient threshold, Tuppence Trilby feels she has come home. But, alone in his workshop, a craze... more »d taxidermist prepares the legendary Hand of Glory. As he chants the spell of resurrection, and his creatures spring to raging life, he is struck by a new madness: to possess and preserve Tuppence's perfect beauty forever.
No one can protect her now. Not the strangely carved Watchgate door to her home nor the ghostly soldiers roused from the dust of time. Not even Dec Winner, the young fireman who has touched her heart. An evil beyond all imagining has been awakened and nothing can contain its fury.« less