Constantine Affliction
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ISBN13=9781597804004
Language_English
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Subject=Fantasy
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Product details
- ISBN 9781597804004
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Aug 2012
- Publisher: Night Shade Books
- Publication City/Country: Newberg, US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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1864. London is a city in transition. The Constantine Afflictiona strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sexhas 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” Hanover is an aristocrat with an interest in criminology, who uses his keen powers of observation to assist the police or private individualsat 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 monstersand uncover the shocking origin of . . . THE CONSTANTINE AFFLICTION.
Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
Pembroke Pimm” Hanover is an aristocrat with an interest in criminology, who uses his keen powers of observation to assist the police or private individualsat 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 monstersand uncover the shocking origin of . . . THE CONSTANTINE AFFLICTION.
Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.
T. Aaron Payton lives in Northern California, where he haunts the darker sections of libraries and bookstores and indulges his love for antiques.
