A Heart in a Jar
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Philadelphia¸ 1775. When a respected Quaker bookseller vanishes without a trace¸ his abandoned house becomes a nightmare of blood¸ rats¸ and vengeful spirits.
Tobias Palmer disappeared one spring day in 1769¸ leaving behind only questions. His wife¸ Evelyn¸ fled to New Orleans. The house passed to his brother Lawrence¸ who rented it to the merchant Wallace Shifter.
That's when the terror began.
Exploding pottery. Milk spoiling instantly. Drawers found mysteriously open. Then came the swarm-thousands of rats bursting through the walls like a black tide. The Shifters fled¸ drenched in blood that rained from the ceiling¸ leaving only a trembling note: "There is something in that house. And it answers to the Devil.”
Now Lawrence turns to those who deal with the unnatural. The characters must enter the Palmer House¸ uncover the truth behind Tobias's disappearance¸ and confront the vengeful spirit that refuses to rest. But in colonial Philadelphia¸ where revolution simmers and old magic runs deep¸ some secrets are buried for good reason.
The house remembers. The house waits. And Tobias Palmer will have his heart back.
One way or another.