The Ghost and the Machine

ISBN: 1934452890

Author: Lawrence, Benny

Condition: New

Its 1838, and Europe is obsessed with mechanical contraptions, and the Rajah is the height of entertainment as the ultimate chess-playing machine. Kit has toured with the Rajah since the age of ten and knows the secret behind the machine all too well . . . just as she knows that people would rather be fooled than have their illusions stripped away. An eccentric Countess summons the Rajah to her manor house in Vienna for a private engagement. There, Kit meets the inquisitive Eleanor, who tests Kits ability to tell the difference between truth and illusion . . . Or is it all just another game of chess?