
After he boasts that he knows the true identity of the man he’s meeting with, the Golden One blinds him with a corrosive chemical, then slits his throat. “You are holding delicate parchment and pen strokes that will soon change the world,” Holworthy declares.

Josiah Holworthy hands a man referred to as the Golden One a book.

Set in Regency England, this competent series launch from the pseudonymous Penrose ( Too Wicked to Wed, as Cara Elliott) opens dramatically in a deserted London church, where a man later identified as the Rev.
