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The Stockholm Octavo (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
The Stockholm Octavo - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Karen Engelmann, Simon Vance (Narrator) Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the town - a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor - until one evening when Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, a fortune -teller and proprietress of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she has... more » had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision - if he can find them.
Emil begins his search, intrigued by the puzzle of his octavo and the good fortune Mrs. Sparrow's vision portends. But when Mrs. Sparrow wins a mysterious folding fan in a card game, the octavo's deeper powers are revealed. For Emil it is no longer just a game of the heart; collecting his eight is now crucial to pulling his country back from the crumbling precipice of rebellion and chaos.
Narrated by Simon Vance. 10 sound discs (12 hr., 30 min.)« less