London, 1888. He comes out of the darkness and fog and strikes! Soon, the world will learn of Jack the Ripper and his bloody crimes. On the brink of suicide, young Albert Besame meets Arthur Machen, a writer whose tales of terror will one day make him the leader of the ‘Decadent’ literary movement b
Whitechapel Gods
✍ Scribed by S.M. Peters
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US
- Year
- 2008;1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
A thrilling new Steampunk fantasy from a talented debut author
TWO GODS-ONE CHANCE FOR MANKIND
In Victorian London, the Whitechapel section is a mechanized, steam-driven hell, cut off and ruled by two mysterious, mechanical gods-Mama Engine and Grandfather Clock. Some years have passed since the Great Uprising, when humans rose up to fight against the machines, but a few brave veterans of the Uprising have formed their own Resistance-and are gathering for another attack. For now they have a secret weapon that may finally free them-or kill them all...
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