DC Comics novels - Batman: The Court of Owls: An Original Prose Novel by Greg Cox

An original novel pitting Batman against the Court of Owls, a secret society of wealthy families that's controlled Gotham for centuries using murder and money.

Beware the Court of Owls, that watches all the time
Ruling Gotham from a shadowed perch, behind granite and lime
They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed
Speak not a whispered word about them, or they'll send the Talon for your head.
—a nursery rhyme

The Court of Owls is a criminal secret society that has existed in Gotham...