The Constantine Affliction - Brossura

Payton, T. Aaron

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1597805009 ISBN 13: 9781597805001

Casa editrice: Nightshade Book, 2013

Riassunto

In an alternate 1864, as the Constantine Affliction spreads throughout London, killing some of its victims and transforming others into the opposite sex, Pembroke "Pimm" Hanover and journalist Ellie Skyler discover that the key to the malady may be a link between a crime boss and a royal scientist. Reprint.

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L'autore:

T. Aaron Payton: T. Aaron Payton lives in Northern California, where he haunts the
darker sections of libraries and bookstores and indulges his love for
antiques.

Product Description:

1864. London is a city in transition. The Constantine Affliction--a strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sex--has spread scandal and upheaval throughout society. Scientific marvels and disasters, such as clockwork courtesans, the alchemical fires of Whitechapel, electric carriages, and acidic monsters lurking in the Thames, have forever altered the face of the city. Pembroke "Pimm" Halliday is an aristocrat with an interest in criminology, who uses his keen powers of observation to assist the police or private individuals--at least when he's sober enough to do so. Ellie Skyler, who hides her gender behind the byline "E. Skye," is an intrepid journalist driven by both passion and necessity to uncover the truth, no matter where it hides. When Pimm and Skye stumble onto a dark plot that links the city's most notorious criminal overlord with the Queen's new consort, famed scientist Sir Bertram Oswald, they soon find the forces of both high and low society arrayed against them. Can they save the city from the arcane machinations of one of history's most infamous monsters--and uncover the shocking origin of ...T HE CONSTANTINE AFFLICTION

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Nightshade Book
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1597805009
• ISBN 13: 9781597805001
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 279