The Circus of the Damned

The Circus of the Damned by Cornelia Grey tells the tale of a magician (actual magic) who in the midst of fleeing for his life from a mob of angry fleeced citizens is picked up by a circus that save him in return for his presence for life and his soul on death (clearly the circus of the book’s title). Beggar’s can’t be choosers so Gilbert Blake takes the deal.  He then learns that the deal was real, meets his fellow performers, falls for the ringmaster (who is a man too by the way), and, with the circus, fights against a nobleman who is trying to use magic users to gain power of his own.

All in all an adventure filled story.  Recommended for those with a taste for the absurd.