Bones of ruin

An African tightrope dancer named Iris cannot die, and she meets, Adam, a member of a mysterious order called the Enlightenment Committee in Victorian London. The Committee believes the world is ending. And in order to help them pick a leader for the upcoming apocalypse, the Committee is holding the Tournament of Freaks, a competition made up of violent fighters with fantastical abilities. Adam wants Iris to be his champion, and in return he guarantees...

The elite Enlightenment Committee, faces a world-ending threat as Hiva, once believed to be an apocalyptic force, is revealed to be a person, Iris Marlow, an immortal African tightrope dancer seeking revenge after her murder by her own friends, while another Hiva emerges with a destructive agenda, marking the beginning of the Cataclysm.