Born of Flame

About this book

A woman lies dying in an asylum, and the doctor attending her finds that her story is stranger than her surroundings suggest. Letters and hidden connections begin to reveal a world of secrets behind what first appears to be personal tragedy.

Margaret B. Peeke develops the medical mystery into an occult novel shaped by Rosicrucian ideas, hidden relationships and moral choices. Letters and confessions gradually connect the characters to an initiatory story. The tension between private suffering and the search for spiritual knowledge gives the work its distinctive unease.