The magician Prosperos daughter Miranda has, like her father, been alive for hundreds of years, since Shakespeare chronicled their early fortunes in *The Tempest*. For centuries, Miranda has run Prospero Inc., a company that, unbeknownst to the general public, has protected the world from disasters
Prospero Lost
โ Scribed by L. Jagi Lamplighter
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates;Tor
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
More than four hundred years after the events of Shakespeare's The Tempest, the sorcerer Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and his other children have attained everlasting life. Miranda is the head of her family's business, Prospero Inc., which secretly has used its magic for good around the world. One day, Miranda receives a warning from her father: "Beware of the Three Shadowed Ones." When Miranda goes to her father for an explanation, he is nowhere to be found.
Miranda sets out to find her father and reunite with her estranged siblings, each of which holds a staff of power and secrets about Miranda's sometimes-foggy past. Her journey through the past, present and future will take her to Venice, Chicago, the Caribbean, Washington, D.C., and the North Pole. To aid her, Miranda brings along Mab, an aerie being who acts like a hard-boiled detective, and Mephistopheles, her mentally-unbalanced brother. Together, they must ward off the Shadowed Ones and other...
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### Review Praise for _Prospero in Hell_ : โ[The] rich imagery, fast pace, and masterful use of mythology make this a real page-turner.โโ _Publishers Weekly,_ starred review Praise for _Prospero Lost_ : โYou hold in your hand a book of wonders.โ โJohn C. Wright, author of _Orphans of Chaos_ โ
*A breathtaking tale of passion and adventure in the untamed skies!* Prosperity, 1863: a lawless skytown where varlets, chancers, and ne'er-do-wells risk everything to chase a fortune in the clouds, and where a Gaslight guttersnipe named Piccadilly is about to cheat the wrong man. This mistake will