On Tour 05/08/24-06/30/24 “High Priestess and Empress” by Susan Wands

Release Date: May 14, 2024

About The Book:

On her return to London, artist and seer Pamela Colman Smith discovers that her nemesis, Aleister Crowley, has returned—and his sights are set on her. Despite Aleister’s efforts to stop Pamela from further developing her tarot deck and accessing its magic, she carries on casting her High Priestess and Empress muses, Golden Dawn society leader Florence Farr and popular theatre star Ellen Terry. But when Ellen is poisoned and nearly killed, Pamela realizes that Aleister won’t stop coming for her—not until her muses are dead.

When Aleister reveals his plot to assassinate Queen Victoria and all female rulers, war breaks out between the Aleister’s Carlists and the Golden Dawn. With so many lives on the line—that of the queen, and those of her friends—Pamela must access her inner magic to face the battle of her life.

About The Author:

Susan Wands is a writer, tarot reader, and actor. A graduate from the University of Washington, she has acted professionally across the United States and on Broadway, has written plays, screenplays, and skits, and has produced several indie films. As a cochair of the NYC Chapter of the Historical Novel Society, she

helps produce monthly online book launches and author panels. Wands’s writings have appeared in Art in Fiction, Kindred Spirits Magazine, and The Irving Society journal First Knight. She lives in NYC with her husband, actor Robert Petkoff, and two cats, Flora and Flynn. The third book of the Arcana Oracle Series, Emperor and Hierophant, is currently in the works. https://susanwands.com/

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Book Blurbs:

Wands creates a London where Pamela Colman Smith and her tarot avatars engage in that eternal battle of good vs. evil. The research is stunning. Late nineteenth century London comes alive with theater performers, street urchins, suffragettes, and the Golden Dawn. Fast-paced and magical!” —FAITH JUSTICE, author of Dawn Empress: A Novel of Imperial Rome

“High Priestess and Empress is a sumptuous feast for the senses. Wands conjures a luscious, spellbinding tale of art and the occult in a thrilling must-read for magic, history and tarot lovers.”—SASHA GRAHAM, author of The 2022 COVR Visionary Award-winning author ofThe Magic of Tarot

“I was captivated by the story you wove. Each chapter brought the character alive. One could quite easily imagine the ambience of the time.”—AVRIL PRICE, Tarot Master, College of Psychic Studies, London

“If you enjoy learning about tarot history and a great story revolving around a remarkable group of people you are going to love every single one of the books in this series.” – SHARONAH RAPSEIK, Tarot Master Reader, Talk Radio Host

“If you are looking for a rollicking good time with magical fireworks in a Neo-Victorian aesthetic involving dozens of the most fascinating historical personalities playing the roles of melodramatic good and evil characters, then look no further. I hope you enjoy this novel as much as I have learned to do.” Mary Greer, author Women of the Golden Dawn

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