Questionable Minds
Fraser Sherman
- Enter
- a
- "steam-psi"
- Victorian
- world
- where
- newly
- discovered
- mental
- abilities
- are
- changing
- everything
- —
- and
- may
- have
- given
- Jack
- the
- Ripper
- a
- path
- to
- absolute
- power.In
- Victorian
- England,
- 1888,
- some
- say
- Sir
- Simon
- Taggart
- is
- under
- the
- punishment
- of
- God.In
- a
- world
- awash
- with
- mentalist
- powers
- —
- levitation,
- mesmerism,
- human
- telegraphy
- —
- the
- baronet
- is
- unique,
- possessing
- mental
- shields
- that
- render
- him
- immune
- to
- any
- psychic
- assault.
- Even
- his
- friends
- think
- it's
- a
- curse,
- cutting
- him
- off
- from
- the
- next
- step
- in
- human
- mental
- and
- spiritual
- evolution.
- To
- Simon,
- it's
- a
- blessing.Four
- years
- ago,
- the
- Guv'nor,
- mystery
- overlord
- of
- the
- London
- underworld,
- arranged
- the
- murder
- of
- Simon's
- wife
- Agnes.
- Obsessed
- with
- finding
- who
- hired
- the
- Guv'nor,
- Simon
- works
- alongside
- Inspector
- Hudnall
- and
- Miss
- Grey
- in
- Scotland
- Yard's
- Mentalist
- Investigation
- Department.
- Immunity
- to
- telegraphy,
- clairvoyance
- and
- mesmerism
- are
- an
- asset
- in
- his
- work
- —
- but
- they
- may
- not
- be
- enough
- to
- crack
- the
- latest
- case.A
- mysterious
- killer
- has
- begun
- butchering
- Whitechapel
- streetwalkers.
- With
- every
- killing,
- the
- man
- newspapers
- call
- "the
- Ripper"
- grows
- in
- mental
- power
- and
- in
- the
- brutality
- of
- his
- attacks.
- Is
- murder
- all
- that's
- on
- his
- mind
- or
- does
- he
- have
- an
- endgame?
- What
- plans
- does
- the
- Guv'nor
- have
- for
- the
- Whitechapel
- killer?
- And
- how
- many
- lives
- is
- Simon
- willing
- to
- sacrifice
- to
- get
- the
- answers
- he
- craves?Questionable
- Minds
- is
- set
- in
- a
- Victorian
- England
- struggling
- to
- preserve
- the
- social
- hierarchy
- while
- mentalism
- threatens
- to
- overturn
- it.
- The
- cast
- of
- characters
- includes
- Dr.
- Henry
- Jekyll
- (and
- yes,
- his
- friend
- Edward
- Hyde
- too)
- and
- multiple
- other
- figures
- from
- history
- and
- fiction.
- It
- has
- a
- tormented,
- morally
- compromised
- protagonist,
- serial-killer
- villain,
- a
- devoted
- father-daughter
- relationship
- and
- a
- passionate
- but
- complicated
- love
- affair.Trigger
- Warning:
- Multiple
- brutal
- murders.
- Nineteenth-century
- sexism
- and
- imperialism.
- A
- child
- in danger.
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