Will Starling : a novel : the reckoning of Wm. Starling, Esq., a foundling, concerning monstrous crimes and infernal aspirations, with perpetrators named and shrouded infamies disclosed to light of day, as set down by his own hand in this year 1816

Shortlisted, Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the FantasticLonglisted, IMPAC Dublin International Literary AwardFrom the acclaimed author of Daniel O'Thunder comes a rollicking, bawdy, and haunting novel about love and redemption, death and resurrection. The great metropolis of London swaggers with Regency abandon as nineteen-year-old Will Starling returns from the Napoleonic Wars having spent five years assisting a military surgeon. Charming, brash, and damaged, Will is helping his mentor build a medical practice — and a life — in the rough Cripplegate area. To do so requires an alliance with the Doomsday Men: body snatchers that supply surgeons and anatomists with human cadavers. After a grave robbing goes terribly awry and a prostitute is accused of murder, Will becomes convinced of an unholy conspiracy that traces its way back to Dionysus Atherton, the brightest of London's rising surgical stars. Wild rumours begin to spread of experiments upon the living and of uncanny sightings in London's dark streets. Will's obsessive search for the truth twists through alleyways, brothels, and charnel houses, towards a shattering discovery — about Dionysus Atherton and about Will, himself. Steeped in scientific lore, laced with dark humour, Will Starling is historical fiction like none other. Shortlisted, Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Longlisted, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award From the acclaimed author of Daniel O'Thunder comes a rollicking, bawdy, and haunting novel about love and redemption, death and resurrection. The great metropolis of London swaggers with Regency abandon as nineteen-year-old Will Starling returns from the Napoleonic Wars having spent five years assisting a military surgeon. Charming, brash, and damaged, Will is helping his mentor build a medical practice — and a life — in the rough Cripplegate area. To do so requires an alliance with the Doomsday Men: body snatchers that supply surgeons and anatomists with human cadavers. After a grave robbing goes terribly awry and a prostitute is accused of murder, Will becomes convinced of an unholy conspiracy that traces its way back to Dionysus Atherton, the brightest of London's rising surgical stars. Wild rumours begin to spread of experiments upon the living and of uncanny sightings in London's dark streets. Will's obsessive search for the truth twists through alleyways, brothels, and charnel houses, towards a shattering discovery — about Dionysus Atherton and about Will, himself. Steeped in scientific lore, laced with dark humour, Will Starling is historical fiction like none other. London swaggers with Regency abandon as young Will Starling returns from the Napoleonic Wars as a military surgeon’s assistant. Charming, brash, and damaged, Will is helping his mentor build a medical practice. To do so requires an alliance with body snatchers that supply surgeons and anatomists with human cadavers. After a grave robbing goes awry and a prostitute is accused of murder, Will is convinced of an unholy conspiracy that traces its way back to Dionysus Atherton, the brightest of London's surgical stars. Steeped in scientific lore, laced with dark humour, Will Starling is historical fiction like none other. Ian Weir is a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He was the creator and producer of Arctic Air. Literary Fiction, Medical Fiction, Historical Fiction, Canadian Author After Years As A Battlefield Surgeon During The Napoleonic War, Will Starling Returns To London In 1816 To Build A Civilian Surgical Practice. But When One Of The Grover-robbers Who Supplies Him With Cadavers For Dissection Is Complicit In A Murder, Will Resolves To Find Out The Truth. After years as a battlefield surgeon during the Napoleonic War, Will Starling returns to London in 1816 to build a civilian surgical practice. But when one of the grave-robbers who supplies him with cadavers for dissection is complicit in a murder, Will resolves to find out the truth