How do these three chapters split up?
The first book surrounds the coronation of King George, which was also the time The Threepenny Opera was set, a comet was passing overhead, and there was a general feeling of dread in the air. We’re also focusing on the occult fictions written around the time…[like] Aleister Crowley’s [1917] book, Moonchild, where the protagonists are attempting to create a magically produced child that is going to usher in a new era. [Protagonist] Mina and her associates are trying to stop this from happening. The second book [revolves around] that sort of peculiar 1960s melding of pop-star psychedelic lifestyles, fashionable interest in occultism, and to some degree, at least in London, crime. We’ve got it all centered around a big rock concert at Hyde Park. Running all the way through this is the continuing threat of the production of a magical child who, by this time, we are fairly certain, is the Antichrist. That second book ends very badly. And they’re not having a lot of luck. The third part is set in 2008 when, basically, the League is in pieces — barely exists anymore — and this turns out to be the time at which the Antichrist project finally pays off, and this magical child finally manifests in quite a terrifying form.

How do these three chapters split up?
The first book surrounds the coronation of King George, which was also the time The Threepenny Opera was set, a comet was passing overhead, and there was a general feeling of dread in the air. We’re also focusing on the occult fictions written around the time…[like] Aleister Crowley’s [1917] book, Moonchild, where the protagonists are attempting to create a magically produced child that is going to usher in a new era. [Protagonist] Mina and her associates are trying to stop this from happening. The second book [revolves around] that sort of peculiar 1960s melding of pop-star psychedelic lifestyles, fashionable interest in occultism, and to some degree, at least in London, crime. We’ve got it all centered around a big rock concert at Hyde Park. Running all the way through this is the continuing threat of the production of a magical child who, by this time, we are fairly certain, is the Antichrist. That second book ends very badly. And they’re not having a lot of luck. The third part is set in 2008 when, basically, the League is in pieces — barely exists anymore — and this turns out to be the time at which the Antichrist project finally pays off, and this magical child finally manifests in quite a terrifying form.

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A children’s doll in sexually suggestive clothing is irresponsible – it’s filth.

A children’s doll in sexually suggestive clothing is irresponsible – it’s filth.

Rick: Sort of… my uncle is a huge film geek. Matter of fact, about once a month or so, we’ll have a conversation about various monster movies. He goes to serial conventions.

My sister treats “geek” like it’s a dirty word or there is something wrong with it. I’ve taken great pride in making my nephew (her oldest son) into a geek. By the time he was five, he knew all the Godzilla monsters and the related mythos. He called me the other day and was discussing the philosopher’s stone and homonculi with me. He’s 11.

Rick: Sort of… my uncle is a huge film geek. Matter of fact, about once a month or so, we’ll have a conversation about various monster movies. He goes to serial conventions.

My sister treats “geek” like it’s a dirty word or there is something wrong with it. I’ve taken great pride in making my nephew (her oldest son) into a geek. By the time he was five, he knew all the Godzilla monsters and the related mythos. He called me the other day and was discussing the philosopher’s stone and homonculi with me. He’s 11.