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Beneath London
James P. Blaylock
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Description for Beneath London
Paperback. When the sudden collapse of the Victoria Embankment uncovers a passage to an unknown realm, Langdon St Ives sets out explore it, not knowing that a wealthy psychopath is working to keep the underworld's secrets hidden for reasons of his own. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
The collapse of the Victoria Embankment uncovers a passage to an unknown realm beneath the city. Langdon St. Ives sets out to explore it, not knowing that a brilliant and wealthy psychopathic murderer is working to keep the underworld's secrets hidden for reasons of his own. St. Ives and his stalwart friends investigate a string of ghastly crimes: the gruesome death of a witch, the kidnapping of a blind, psychic girl, and the grim horrors of a secret hospital where experiments in medical electricity and the development of human, vampiric fungi, serve the strange, murderous ends of perhaps St. Ives's ... Read more
The collapse of the Victoria Embankment uncovers a passage to an unknown realm beneath the city. Langdon St. Ives sets out to explore it, not knowing that a brilliant and wealthy psychopathic murderer is working to keep the underworld's secrets hidden for reasons of his own. St. Ives and his stalwart friends investigate a string of ghastly crimes: the gruesome death of a witch, the kidnapping of a blind, psychic girl, and the grim horrors of a secret hospital where experiments in medical electricity and the development of human, vampiric fungi, serve the strange, murderous ends of perhaps St. Ives's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783292608
SKU
V9781783292608
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About James P. Blaylock
James P. Blaylock was mentored by Philip K. Dick, along with K.W. Jeter and Tim Powers, and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern steampunk. Winner of two World Fantasy Awards and a Philip K. Dick Award, he is director of the Creative Writing Conservatory at the Orange County School of the Arts and a professor at ... Read more
Reviews for Beneath London
"The book was very readable and I enjoyed the secondaries and the villain greatly" - Sci Fi Pulse "Blaylock crafts rich characters and intertwines them in a bravo story that packs plenty into 400 pages." - Blood Shed "Hideous murders, kidnappings and abductions, hair-raising close calls and ingenious escapes." - Michael Collings