The Soul Stealer

A society drama mixes romance and speculative science as fashionable London characters confront a mysterious process that records private thoughts. A young woman, fainting from shock, learns her inner feelings have been observed, setting rival suitors and ethical tensions in motion while a group of scientists pursues profit and power. Public sensation, conspiracies, legal peril and imprisonment follow, forcing characters to weigh gratitude, ambition and sacrifice. The narrative traces investigations, schemes and personal reckonings as the community grapples with the moral cost of invading the mind and the intimate consequences that lead to final reckonings for several principal figures.