In the heart of London a terrible metamorphosis is taking place ... After more than 150 years as the supreme power on the planet, the British Empire has become a corpulent, stagnating monster. At its heart lies Londinium Maximum, a city under a near-permanent cloud of noxious Smog. More than ever, t
(eng) Jonathan Green - Pax Britannia 06
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- Publisher
- Rebellion Publishing Ltd
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Series
- Pax Britannia 6
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1849972826
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โฆ Synopsis
START A NEW LIFE ON THE MOON! Ulysses Quicksilver visits the British lunar colonies, searching for his missing brother, Barty, believed to be on the run from gambling debts on Earth. The clues lead our detective and his faithful butler into the path of unsolved murders, battling robots, shady millionaires and stolen uncanny inventions. Used to working inside the law, Ulysses is stalled when his pursuit puts him on the wrong side of the Luna Prime Police Force. But why is Ulysses' ex-fianc?e Emilia also in the colonies? Who is the strange eye-patched man following Ulysses? And what is really happening in a secret base on the dark side of the moon? Used to meeting every adventure with a devil-may-care attitude and a snappy one-liner, Ulysses will be forever changed by the revelations he discovers on this most deadly of trips.
โฆ Subjects
Science Fiction & Fantasy
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