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|title=The Fate in the Box

|sort=Fate in the Box, The

|publisher=Orion

|date=May 2013

|website=http://www.michellelovric.com

|summary=Venetians are easily distracted by novelties, and the evil Fogfinger uses this weakness to gain power over them. He even persuades them to sacrifice children every year to the monster in the canals. For Amneris and her friends, what starts as a struggle to oppose the dictator suddenly becomes a fight for their lives.

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Venice is a place of contrasts, where poverty and extravagance jostle each other for space on the misty streets. But its inhabitants, poor or rich, have always been intensely proud of their city and its history. Ships arrive full of wonders from across the world, skilled glassblowers create magnificent artefacts, and magic is occasionally to be found in the oddest of nooks and crannies. Amneris, for example, knows that if she embroiders an exact copy of the fabulous patterns created by 'the dear creature' (as they call Uncle Annibale's kaleidoscope) each week, she and her family will always earn enough to live on.