The Book of Lamps and Banners by Elizabeth Hand

Author:Elizabeth Hand
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2020-09-29T00:00:00+00:00

found book

erik svarlight

need help

“Thanks,” I croaked, and stashed the book and CDs in my bag.

The guy with the Defenders of Albion cap walked up to Erik. “What was that title on the show last week? The one about folklore and racial memory. Blood Harvest, something like that…”

“You mean Reaping Blood?”

“Yes, that’s it! Who’s the author?”

“Markus Thierke. Message me and I’ll send you a link.” Erik clapped a hand on the young man’s shoulder, turned to shake hands with the other two. “We need to catch the ferry. Thanks for supporting us.”

The three men ambled off. Erik yanked up the plastic poles holding the Svarlight banner, collapsed them, and stowed everything in the tote. He glanced irritably at Freya.

“Aren’t you done yet?”

“Almost.”

She reached into a pocket of her dress for a money pouch, unzipped it, and slipped the cash I’d given her inside. As she did, her sweater’s sleeve rode up.

Tattooed just above her wrist were three linked triangles: a valknut. It bisected a circular band of raw skin, as though she’d been wearing a too-small bracelet.

Before I could get a better look, Freya turned away. As Erik hefted the tote, I saw the same symbol tattooed on the back of his hand. He grabbed Freya’s wrist, asking her a question in Swedish. She removed a mobile, swiped at it, then nodded. “It’s coming.”

She gave me a farewell nod. “You have a good evening.”

“I’ll try.” I looked past them to the street. “Is there a Tube station near here?”

“West Ham station,” said Erik. “It’s the rail line.”

A sedan pulled up to the curb, and the two of them went to meet it. I sank back onto the bench, trying to make sense of the last few minutes.

Erik had to be the guy mentioned in Tindra’s text. His wife or partner, Freya, bore a tattoo of the same symbol I’d glimpsed on Harold’s forehead. And Svarlight published that book of photos of young white nationalists.

Tindra’s message suggested Erik had The Book of Lamps and Banners, and Tindra had gone to meet Erik. So where was Tindra? Where was the book?

This guy Erik didn’t appear as though he’d had any sort of confrontation earlier in the day, let alone arranged a kidnapping or murder. If anything, he and Freya seemed to have kept their distance from the demonstration, setting up near the edge of the park. If they did have The Book of Lamps and Banners, where was it? They were traveling light—a tote containing some T-shirts, CDs, and copies of Skalltrolleri. I’d seen no sign of the stolen book.

I drummed my fingers on the bench. Maybe Tindra had never come here at all. She might be anywhere by now, including dead.

But why did she own a copy of Skalltrolleri?

If I’d been straight, this would all be simply crazy. Since I was still blasted on cheap crank, it seemed on the brink of making sense. I recalled the vortex of Ludus Mentis in the split second before it triggered my flashback. It seemed

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