The City of Winds series tells the epic tale of the Sabroski oil baron family living in Baku between the years 1890 – 1920.
BAKU 1890 – an ancient city on the outermost edge of the Russian Empire. Anton Sabroski has come home. But the once-beautiful mansion on the shores of the Caspian Sea is silent and dark, a decaying relic in a bustling city. Upstairs, nursed by Klara, his father lies dying, his oil empire in ruins, the Sabroski name cursed.
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Unable to accept that his father was responsible for the loss of his family’s fortunes, Anton begins to investigate. But Baku is a city of many faces and even old friends are not what they seem. And what of Klara – infuriating, intriguing Klara – who is at home in a back street opium den as she is in a grand drawing room?
But when Anton inherits a mysterious package, everything is turned on its head…
BAKU 1901. A daring bank robbery and the suicide of the Imperial Bank manager has mystified the city of Baku. Political activists are blamed. Klara, wife of oil baron Anton Sabroski, is drawn into a conspiracy when a tragic incident puts her husband’s life in danger.
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Miranda, childless and vilified, forges a new life for herself by volunteering at the hospital, where she is faced with life-changing choices.
When Klara discovers that a mysterious amulet from the bank’s stolen cargo holds the key to the truth, the two women join forces to save Anton, but in doing so must confront the most terrifying man in town – the Governor of Baku’s chilling astrologer, Imar Necrolanus.