The Façade of Quad in Nimrod ✓ | Satire, family drama, dark society
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  • Reads 2,168
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  • Parts 34
  • Time 5h 42m
Complete, First published Jun 18, 2018
Mature
In 1826, in the country of Lwendolen, the elite Quad family stands as the upper crust and cream of society. The daughter, Valerie, is engaged to a man with a name attached to success and fortune, but her older brother Henry is mentally unstable and a failure and that is unacceptable to their father.

Valerie's fiance seems like a charming man but behind that mask is another man who only cares about himself and the Quad fortune. What role will he play in the Quad family's life?

On top of that, something else is working behind the scenes here. In the middle of the winter, the Quads' hidden past will soon be unearthed through murder and deceit, staining the snow crimson.

~There is no success without failure, but a Failure will never succeed.~

(Dark human drama and satire. Omniscient lit-fic.)

Trigger Warning: there are scenes of domestic violence, physical abuse, opium addiction, depression, and lots of murders. I won't turn you away, but you have been warned. There is ZERO smut.

(Editing Finished: Dec. 31, 2019)

Cover by me :)

Awards 2018
3rd place in "General Fiction" category in "The 2nd Ohana Awards"
3rd place in "General & Historical Fiction" category in the "Book Worm Awards 2018"
Honourable Mention in "General Fiction" category in "The Victory Awards 2018"
2nd place in "General Fiction" category in "The Blue Rose Awards" November
1st place in "Historical Fiction" category in "Winter Rose Awards 2018"
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