The Puppeteer's Silent Opera (eBook)

Strings of Souls

Alexandria Frost (Autor)

Ai (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 1. Auflage
176 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
978-0-00-067946-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Within the decaying grandeur of Prague's Théâtre des Rêves Perdus, a haunted opera house whispers of forgotten melodies and stolen souls. Puppeteer Viktor Antonov conducts a silent opera, his marionettes imbued with an unsettling sentience, their lifelike grace a terrifying testament to his forbidden art. He weaves fragments of human souls into his creations, trapping them in an eternal performance of his own design.
Drawn to the theater's shadowed corridors by an inexplicable pull, young actress Elara Vance uncovers the horrifying truth. Each puppet holds a prisoner, a soul bartered or unwillingly ensnared. Among them, a porcelain doll named Seraphina bears a chilling resemblance to Elara, a haunting echo of a past she can't quite grasp.
As Elara delves deeper into the theater's mysteries, she uncovers fragmented whispers of forgotten lives: a renowned opera singer whose voice still echoes in the dusty rafters, a playwright whose unfinished masterpiece is mirrored in the tragic gestures of his puppet counterpart. The theater itself becomes a character, its crumbling beauty a metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life and art, feeding on the very souls trapped within its walls.
A skeptical journalist, Liam O'Connell, drawn to the theater's dark rumors, becomes an unlikely ally.  Together they navigate the labyrinthine secrets of the Théâtre des Rêves Perdus, their paths intertwined with the fragmented memories of Elias Thorne, Viktor's first victim, whose whispers offer cryptic warnings and haunting clues.
But the theater is crumbling, a physical manifestation of Viktor's failing control. He grows desperate, the lines between the living and his 'living art' becoming dangerously porous. Elara discovers a terrifying connection to Seraphina - the puppet is not just a familiar face, but a fragmented reflection of her own soul, a piece she unknowingly surrendered years ago.
In a climactic showdown on the crumbling stage, Elara must confront Viktor and the terrible truth of her own past.  She must choose: sever the strings that bind the souls, risking the theater's collapse and potentially her own annihilation, or allow Viktor to complete his dark masterpiece, condemning the souls to an eternal, silent performance.  Her choice will determine not only the fate of the trapped souls but the future of her own fragmented self.  Enter the silent opera, if you dare.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.12.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• ISBN-10: 0-00-067946-1 / 0000679461
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-067946-8 / 9780000679468