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Before Houdini
Before Houdini | Jeremy Holt
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The exciting second volume of the After Houdini saga explores the origins of the elusive master of magic, the man who would become…Houdini. London, 1888. A shadowy killer stalks the streets of London, his appetite for blood unleashed upon the city’s lower classes. To defeat him, MI6 turns to its most top-secret team: four teenage agents with extraordinary gifts—including a young American immigrant with a talent for illusion . . . After Houdini began the story of Josef Houdini, son of the famous Harry Houdini—brillian illusionist, acclaimed escape artist, and top-secret covert operative. Now we turn back the clock and meet Ehrich Weiss, a young man whose skill at picking locks is about to land him the adventure of his dreams, and pull him into a war that will affect his life—and his son’s—for years to come. This is the story of Ehrich’s strange beginnings, from before he was a world-famous magician. Before he was a master of espionage. Before he was...Houdini.
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Before Houdini | Jeremy Holt
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This prequel tells the story of Houdini‘s recruitment into a group of government sanctioned practitioners of the occult. The big bad is Jack the Ripper, portrayed as a monstrous demon. Lazy world building contributes to a bland retread of themes we‘ve read many times before. You‘re better off reading FROM HELL, or even LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN.