Unnatural History (Pax Britannia: Ulysses Quicksilver) (Pax Britannia)

by Jonathan Green

Action and adventure in a new Age of Steam! In two scant months the nation, and all her colonies, will celebrate 160 years of Queen Victoria's glorious reign. But all is not well at the heart of the empire. It begins with a break-in at the Natural History Museum. A night watchman is murdered. An eminent Professor of Evolutionary Biology goes missing. Then a catastrophic Overground rail-crash unleashes the dinosaurs of London Zoo. But how are all these events connected? Is it really the work of crazed revolutionaries? Or are there yet more sinister forces at work? Enter Ulysses Quicksilver - dandy, rogue and agent of the throne. It is up to this dashing soldier of fortune to solve the mystery and uncover the truth before London degenerates into primitive madness and a villainous mastermind brings about the unthinkable. The downfall of the British empire!

• ISBN10: 1849970033
• ISBN13: 9781849970037
• Publish Date: 4 September 2009 (first published 17 April 2007)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Abaddon Books
• Edition: Digital original
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

It reads something like a late 19th/early 20th century story, and technically it is victorian. Victoria has been 160 years on the throne. A breakin in the Natural HIstory Museum with a murdered watchman and Ulysses Quicksilver is drawn into the investigation. He has to find out what's going on and try to protect the British Empire.

It's fun, you almost know what's going on but not quite, still I do want to read more in this series at some stage.