Dark Masquerade: Book 1 in the Order of the Steel Rose Novels
Victorian London, 1891. Six strangers are summoned by cryptic invitation to the mysterious Order of the Steel Rose, a vanguard against an ancient and implacable evil.
Each of the six brings their own skills and expertise, as well as their own dark secrets.
To their horror, they learn that the supernatural is, in fact, very real. The hidden world they discover threatens not only their lives, but their sanity, as those secrets return to haunt them.
In the beating heart of the most populous city in the world, the six find themselves alone, battling against horrendous creatures lurking in the shadows, stalking people as prey.
Forced to engage in a terrible Dark Masquerade, straddling an invisible line between decorum and carnage, their actions set them on a dire path to discover what lies in the darkness…
Six souls, summoned by shadows, chosen to face a horror the world dares not name
Dark Masquerade has been awarded Finalist in the category of Fiction – Horror in the 2026 International Book Awards.
Dark Masquerade received an official Reader's Favorite 5-Star review.
Fractured Veil: Book 2 in the Order of the Steel Rose Novels
London, 1891. The mask begins to crack.
Malevolence, long veiled, stirs beneath its exquisite façade as the hidden world beneath London's surface begins to rise.
Within the Order of the Steel Rose, the six new members must learn to stand together. Each is stalked by their own secrets while they begin their hunt for the Dark Master. But in a world of shadows and deception, one question remains: Who is hunting whom?
Supernatural forces twist their path, leading to a devastating confrontation in the shadows of the East End – one for which none of them are truly prepared.
And behind it all, something older and far more dangerous moves unseen, shaping events towards an end none of them can yet imagine.
Who will triumph? Who will survive to face What lies in the Darkness? Find out in the chilling second part of the Order of the Steel Rose series.
Fractured Veil has received an official Reader's Favorite 5-Star review.
meet the Characters
Axel Hastings
A young nobleman-turned-adventurer, hardened by near-death encounters in the Wild West, who possesses the extraordinary ability to perceive what others cannot.
Richard Carnby
A wily East End burglar haunted by inner demons, now hunted by a ruthless local gang, the Cable Street Boys.
Percival Wallace
A suave gentleman with a criminal’s cunning, bound by a forgotten past to the darkness they now face.
Dr Stanthorpe Cunningham Whitehall III
A brilliant yet insufferable physician who straddles the line between life and death, not simply due to his skill as surgeon.
Jane Halifax
A brilliant scholar of esoteric lore, assuming her father’s place in the Order, and able to manipulate reality—though at great peril.
Emma Westover
A stunning and seductive actress with an uncanny gift for charming others to do her will.
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