From the author of The Book of Lost Fragrances comes a hauntingly evocative and suspenseful novel about a grieving woman who discovers the long-lost letters of novelist Victor Hugo, awakening a mystery that spans centuries. A spellbinding gothic tale about Victor Hugos long-buried secrets and the power of a lover that never dies Grieving his daughters death, Victor Hugo initiated sances from his home on the Isle of Jersey in order to reestablish contact with her. In the process, he claimed to have communed with Plato, Shakespeare, Dante- and even the devil himself. Hugos transcriptions of these conversations have all been published. Or so it has been believed A hundred years later, recovering from her own great loss, mythologist Jac LEtoile is invited to Jersey to uncover a secret about the islands mysterious Celtic roots. Shes greeted by Neolithic monuments, medieval castles, and hidden caves. But the man who has invited her there, a troubled soul named Theo Gaspard, hopes shell help him discover something quite differentsomething that will threaten their sanity and put their very lives at stake.