High Priestess and Empress: Book Two, Arcana Oracle Series [Paperback]

On her return to London, artist and seer Pamela Colman Smith discovers that her nemesis, Aleister Crowley, has returned—and his sights are set on her. Despite Aleister’s efforts to stop Pamela from further developing her tarot deck and accessing its magic, she carries on casting her High Priestess and Empress muses, Golden Dawn society leader Florence Farr and popular theatre star Ellen Terry. But when Ellen is poisoned and nearly killed, Pamela realizes that Aleister won’t stop coming for her—not until her muses are dead.

When Aleister reveals his plot to assassinate Queen Victoria and all female rulers, war breaks out between the Aleister’s Carlists and the Golden Dawn. With so many lives on the line—that of the queen, and those of her friends—Pamela must access her inner magic to face the battle of her life.Susan Wandsis 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 inArt in Fiction, Kindred Spiritsmagazine, and The Irving Society journalFirst Knight. with the third book,Emperor and Hierophant, out May 2025. Susan lives in New York City.2025 IPPY Book Awards Gold Medalist in Visionary/New Age
2025 American Legacy Book Awards Winner in Visionary and Fantasy: Epic/High Fantasy
2024 CIBA OZMA Book Awards Winner in Fantasy
2024 Best Book Awards Winner in Fiction: New Age“If you are looking for a rollicking good time with magical fireworks in a Neo-Victorian aesthetic involving dozens of the most fascinating historical personalities playing the roles of melodramatic good and evil characters, then look no further. I hope yol“'