In 1791 Stockholm, self-satisfied bureaucrat Emil Larsson is informed by a fortune teller that in order to find love and connection, he must first find eight individuals who can help him realize his vision--a search that becomes dangerous when he must pull his country back from rebellion and chaos.
"Emil Larsson, a bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm, drinker, card player, and bachelor, begins a search when a fortune teller lays an Octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that foretell that eight individuals can help him to realize a vision to lead him to love and connection."
"Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the town -- a drinker, card player, and contended bachelor -- until Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an Octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision -- if he can find them."
"In 1791 Stockholm, self-satisfied bureaucrat Emil Larsson is informed by a fortune teller that in order to find love and connection, he must first find eight individuals who can help him realize his vision--a search that becomes dangerous when he must pull his country back from rebellion and chaos."@en
"Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the Town--a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor--until one evening when Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, a fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she has had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an Octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision--if he can find them."@en
"Eind 18e eeuw raadpleegt een secretaris van de Zweedse douane een waarzegster die hem via een Octavo voorspellingen doet met grote gevolgen."
"Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the Town -- a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor -- until the evening Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she has had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an Octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision -- if he can find them."
"In 18th century Stockholm, as the winds of revolution rage through the great capitals of Europe, the key to a nation's fate rests in the hands of an unlikely hero. Emil Larsson is a drinker, card player and contented bachelor until he is told that his position at the Office of Excise and Customs depends on his settling down and finding a wife."
""Estocolmo, 1789. El reinado de Gustavo III se tambalea. Emil Larsson, un joven oficial de aduanas, vividor, bebedor y jugador, visita regularmente el exclusivo salón de Sofia Sparrow, mujer influyente de la sociedad de la capital sueca. La señora Sparrow ve grandes cosas para el futuro de Emil cuando decide echarle las cartas del Octavo, un poderoso tipo de cartomancia que puede ayudar al joven a solucionar su futuro si consigue averiguar quiénes son las ocho personas que se esconden tras cada uno de los naipes. Sin embargo, Emil y Sofia pronto se darán cuenta de que tras las cartas se esconde mucho más que la felicidad del joven o su fortuna: en medio de la revolución y el caos que pueden derrocar al rey Gustavo, no se puede estar seguro de quién es amigo y quién enemigo..."--Descripción de la editorial."
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