Aleister Crowley wasn't always the Wickedest Man in the World... Once he was a Knight Mage of the Crown, the elite mages of the Queen of England Strange forces are at work in London and Julian Baker has tasked the disgraced Crowley with infiltrating the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The new order of so called mystics claims members of Parliament among its ranks, and its leader and founder Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers might just be the reason Britain’s governing body has abandoned important legislation in favor of…odd matters involving a mysterious city and the book hidden in it. The same book that changed his life forever. Along with Elaine Simpson, a contentious ally linked to another mysterious organization, the Shadow Council, and the magical student he refuses to train, Crowley has to stop the book from coming to London. But can he really do it on his own? Can Crowley uncover who's pulling the strings before he gets tangled in their Web of Crimson?

A bullet, a labyrinth, and a villain in the shadows.With the memory of their battle with the Golden Dawn fading, life has begun to settle for both Aleister Crowley, and his new apprentice, Elaine Simpson. But of all things, a headline from a disreputable paper sends the pair on a journey deep beneath the foundations of London in search of an artifact long thought the stuff of myth. Aleister and Elaine must fight through monsters, secrets, and their own pasts to once again protect the world from those seeking power no human should possess.The Vault and the Vessel is the second thrilling volume in The Books of the Law series, set in the Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter historical fantasy universe.