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Set in the throbbing steampunk world of New Venice, the second book of The Mysteries of New Venice follows Brentford Orsini after he is deposed as the city’s liberator. Deprived of power, Brentford and his companions—old ally Gabriel d'Allier, underground chanteuse and suffragette Lillian Lake, and mystic Blankbate, former Foreign Legionnaire—embark on a diplomatic mission to Paris. Their vessel, an untested transaerian psychomotive, malfunctions and launches them back to 1895 Paris, before New Venice’s existence. In the frigid, tumultuous city the team encounters anarchists plotting to bomb Sacré‑Coeur, a suffragette movement, and the famous literary circle around Mallarmé, while drinking absinthe with Proust and exploring the nascent Eiffel Tower. Amidst the intrigue and danger, they must unravel whether the anarchists they meet are future founders of New Venice and find a way to return home before the alternating timelines collapse.
This adventure blends steampunk technology, historical allusion, and speculative time‑travel with action, romance, and thriller elements.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Adventure Fiction/Action Adventure
Authors: Mahendra Singh
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