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"London showed its hidden nature only at night. People moved like wraiths, appearing out of nowhere, shades made suddenly solid." ~ from The Shadow Revolution
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| The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark HodderSteampunk. When the supposedly mythical Spring-Heeled Jack starts terrorizing 1861 London, it's up to explorer and adventurer Sir Richard Francis Burton to track down the monster. Accompanied by his louche and libidinous sidekick, poet Algernon Swinburne, Burton tracks the beast and attempts to thwart a werewolf invasion by enlisting the help of everyone who was anyone in 19th-century Britain, except Queen Victoria (sorry, she was assassinated). With its steampunk-inflected world, nifty technology (complete with pneumatic railways), and time travel hijinks, this inventive fusion of fantasy, mystery, classic literature, and historical fiction will delight fans of Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. |
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