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A secret society of women. A forgotten history. The poisonous breath of revenge is still in the air.
An unremarkable apothecary's shop, hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, serves an unusual clientele and under unconventional conditions:
- Rule No. 1: Never use poison to harm another woman;
- Rule No. 2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary's register.
The women of the city whisper about a mysterious apothecary named Nella, who sells poisons that can get rid of male oppressors. Nella's eerie world is not the best place for her new visitor, an extraordinarily gifted 12-year-old girl named Eliza Fanning.
Author Sarah Penner skillfully immerses readers in a simultaneously terrifying and alluring novel about women fighting for their survival in a world created by and for men. Revenge for the wrongs done was the only way to freedom from oppression, but when the time of reckoning comes, no one will defend womanhood as passionately and courageously as other women...