
Scrubbers
by A.A.McPhee

Carapace: 1. a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal 2. a protective, decorative, or disguising shell ()Merriam-Webster.com What’s the cost of fitting in when you stand out? In London in 1754, the lives of Edward Lambert, the ‘Porcupine Man’, Primrose, a ‘spotted Negro’ and Abell Cambridge, a medical scholar with a secret, intersect. Two conspicuous outsiders and a disguised imposter discover whether what they want is worth everything they have.