Emperor and Hierophant: Book Three, Arcana Oracle Series

The next installment in the thrilling Arcana Oracle series finds heroine Pamela Colman Smith kidnapped, imprisoned, and fighting to protect her tarot deck from Aleister Crowley once again.

On tour with the Lyceum Theatre in Manchester, Pamela Colman Smith is kidnapped by a mysterious force. In captivity, she begins a relationship with her mute keeper, a strange creature at the beck and call of her nemesis, Aleister Crowley. Experiencing visions and visitations from other ethereal beings, Pamela works to escape her prison before Aleister harms another one of her muses over the ownership of her magical tarot deck.

Meanwhile, her guardian and mentor, Bram Stoker, tries to find her as he tours with the stars of the Lyceum Theatre, Pamela's muses for the Magician and Empress cards. Alerted to Pamela's plight, Ahmed Kamal, Pamela's Egyptologist friend, joins Bram to come to her aid. Plotting against the mysterious forces who abducted her, Pamela must outwit and out magic Aleister, as he tries to destroy her muses and tarot deck. Learning the lessons of her Emperor and Hierophant, she must free herself and command the power manifesting from her tarot deck.

Author: Susan Wands
Publisher: Sparkpress
Published: 05/06/2025
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781684633029
ISBN10: 1684633028
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Magical Realism
- Fiction | Fantasy | Historical
- Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal

About the Author
Susan Wands is a writer, tarot reader, and actor. A graduate from the University of Washington, she has acted professionally across the United States and on Broadway, has written plays, screenplays, and skits, and has produced several indie films. As a cochair of the NYC Chapter of the Historical Novel Society, she helps produce monthly online book launches and author panels. Wands's writings have appeared in Art in Fiction, Kindred Spirits magazine, and The Irving Society journal First Knight. with the third book, Emperor and Hierophant, out May 2025. Susan lives in New York City.