
by CapzLocke·Translated by Novel AI Studio
In 1860s London, the Church of England fights a secret war against monsters the public calls demons. Father Edmund Greaves is a broken exorcist with a revolver named Genesis and a flask he doesn't hide. Caleb Ransome, the orphan verger who serves him, just wants to repay the man who saved his life. Armed with seven sacramental weapons, they hunt werewolves, vampires, and worse through fog-choked streets, carving a blood-red stone from every kill. But the missions begin to lie: targets appear with no report, bodies vanish before burial rites, and Edmund drinks like a man already sentenced. When the Church hands him a task designed for failure, Caleb must choose how far loyalty goes when the true heresy wears a cassock. A Victorian gothic action thriller about alchemy, faith, and the price of asking forbidden questions.