In the middle of the night between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day the circus appeared for the first time. It was no ordinary circus by any means, which was a feat already, as all circuses were rather unordinary. Behind the curtains was an even more extraordinary troupe, and at the head of it all was the elusive Dreammonger. After a simple mistake, Sébastien de la Rue and his magical, extraordinary circus return to Paris – a place he swore to never return to. The past he is running from catches up to him in the form of an invitation to Europe’s newest magical the Carnivale of Saints – a series of games in which the winner is granted a wish. With the circus gaining less attraction, a wicked game set in a world of demons, Paris’s Holy Soldiers after him, and a murderer on the loose, Sébastien must make a play the game or let everything he created crumble. Come one, come all, to le Cirque de la Rue.