April, 2028, and independent Edinburgh is facing a mounting crime wave. Experts from the utopian university-state of New Oxford recommend an extreme deterrent โ a maximum security prison alongside the central tourist zone. At the prison opening ceremony, the unthinkable happens โ an Edinburgh guardi
The House of Dust
โ Scribed by Johnston, Paul
- Book ID
- 107796080
- Publisher
- Severn House Publishers
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 217 KB
- Series
- Quint Dalrymple 5
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781448300471
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โฆ Synopsis
April, 2028, and independent Edinburgh is facing a mounting crime wave. Experts from the utopian university-state of New Oxford recommend an extreme deterrent a maximum security prison alongside the central tourist zone. At the prison opening ceremony, the unthinkable happens an Edinburgh guardian is shot. Having linked New Oxford to the assassination, maverick investigator Quintilian Dalrymple travels there to close the case. Once there, he discovers evidence of a ruthless conspiracy extending to his home city and the only way to stop it is to penetrate New Oxfords mysterious heart the place known only as the House of Dust.
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