Fred is growing tired of being her father’s doll. She wants to be someone, whoever that might be, and stop being overshadowed by him. But in her search for something greater, she might uncover an unbearable truth. What will she do then?
Lottie Payne
Mother to Ambrose Wilkes, leader of the Black Powder Gang, Lottie has not only survived the brutal affections of her former pimp and a career as a prostitute, but thrived. While she’s not officially part of the Black Powder Gang, it’s well known that she advises her son from time to time. She also acts as the house mother and madame of the Gun, protecting her girls and her son’s interests at the same time.
Aoife O’Kelly
As a member of the Greenstreet Gang, Aoife is the feral child of Dublin’s grime. Without a home, a proper family and even friends she is known for threatening anyone who comes her way (but sometimes, she is known for selling caresses for food or coin). With her future survival depending on the long relationship between herself and the Gang, its safe to say that Aoife is in trouble.
Cat Kirkham
Orphaned at age ten when her mother died from consumption, Catherine “Cat” Kirkham has spent most of her life scrabbling to keep herself and her younger sister off the streets. From early on, that meant selling her body, but she was lucky enough to land at The Gun brothel not long after it fell into the hands of Rosie Wilkes. There she could at least guarantee a roof over her and her sister Queenie’s heads and protection from the worst of her Johns’ abuse. But Cat knows better than most that nothing comes for free, and if she had fantastical notions of keeping Queenie from “the world’s oldest profession,” those withered long ago.