Readers of the previous book in the series, The Highwayman will recall that Argent is a close associate of Dorian Blackwell, and that the two had become part of a close knit gang in Newgate, looking out for each other and eventually – through intimidation and violence – becoming the rulers of their kingdom behind bars. Born behind bars, Argent has never been outside the prison walls but as we are later to learn, his is the sort of imprisonment that never ends – an imprisonment of the mind. In it, we are introduced to the hero of the novel, Christopher Argent, as a young boy living in Newgate Prison with his mother, a prostitute and thief. Kerrigan Byrne certainly knows how to open a book with a bang! The prologue to The Hunter (second book in her Victorian Rebels series) is one of the most gripping and emotionally draining things I’ve read in some time.
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