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When an accident at her grandmother’s house pulls Rosie into the bizarre Circus of the Unseen, she finds herself surrounded by sinister, carnival‑like characters under the dominion of the enigmatic Mother Matushka. As the ancient matriarch guards the fragile boundary between life and death, Rosie discovers she occupies a liminal space that might grant her the power to oppose Mother Matushka’s rule. Facing a world trapped in twilight, she must unravel the mystery at the heart of her grandmother’s life to find a way back to the living world.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Joanne Owen
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