The Red Plague Affair, Lilith Saintcrow
The Red Plague Affair, Lilith Saintcrow
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The Red Plague Affair

Author: Lilith Saintcrow

Narrator: Jane Collingwood

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 05/21/2013


Synopsis

The service of Britannia is not for the faint of heart -- or conscience. . .

Emma Bannon, Sorceress Prime in service to Queen Victrix, has a mission: to find the doctor who has created a powerful new weapon. Her friend, the mentath Archibald Clare, is only too happy to help. It will distract him from pursuing his nemesis, and besides, Clare is not as young as he used to be. A spot of Miss Bannon's excellent hospitality and her diverting company may be just what he needs.

Unfortunately, their quarry is a fanatic, and his poisonous discovery is just as dangerous to Britannia as to Her enemies. Now a single man has set Londinium ablaze, and Clare finds himself in the middle of distressing excitement, racing against time and theory to find a cure. Miss Bannon, of course, has troubles of her own, for the Queen's Consort Alberich is ill, and Her Majesty unhappy with Bannon's loyal service. And there is still no reliable way to find a hansom when one needs it most. . .

The game is afoot. And the Red Plague rises.

The fantastic follow-up to The Iron Wyrm Affair, set in an alternate Victorian world where magic has turned the Industrial Revolution on its head.

About Lilith Saintcrow

Lilith Saintcrow lives in Vancouver, Washington, with her two children, dogs, cats, and assorted other strays. She fell in love with writing in second grade and has never stopped.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Otherwyrld on July 13, 2013

Sorceress Prime Emma Bannon and Mentath Archibal Clare team up in the service of Britannia once again, this time to fight the deadly effects of a mysterious plague. This plague was designed as a weapon but turns out too be rather indiscriminate in its victims, including several characters that we ha......more

Goodreads review by Stephine on May 27, 2013

Archibald Clare, Mentath to the crown is on the hunt for Dr. Vance, a fellow Mentath. He is injured in his hunt, and is taken to Emma Bannon, who patches him up. After Clare is okay Bannon is called to Queen Victrix for a mission. She is to find a biologist named Morris and bring him in alive. Once......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 25, 2016

Second in the Bannon & Clare historical steampunk series in an alternate Londinium and revolving around a sorceress and a man of logic. My Take Since The Iron Wyrm Affair, Bannon and Clare have partnered up in other chases and each has come to admire the other. There is definitely no insta-love he......more

Goodreads review by Debrac2014 on September 12, 2017

I quite enjoyed this story! The black plague has been resurrected in Londinium and the Queen's consort has contracted it! I really liked the characters, especially Mr. Clare, the mentath! Dr. Vance was an nice addition!......more

Goodreads review by David on January 28, 2019

The further adventures of forensic sorceress Emma Bannon and mentath Archibald Clare in an alternate London are quite enjoyable. Recommended.......more


Quotes

" Saintcrow scores a hit with this terrific Steampunk series that rockets through a Britain-that-wasn't with magic and industrial mayhem with a firm nod to Holmes. Genius and a rocking good time."—Patricia Briggs on The Iron Wyrm Affair

"Saintcrow melds a complex magic system with a subtle but effective steampunk society, adds fully-fleshed and complicated characters, and delivers a clever and highly engaging mystery that kept me turning pages, fascinated to the very end."—Laura Anne Gilman on The Iron Wyrm Affair

"Innovative world building, powerful steam punk, master storyteller at her best. Don't miss this one....She's fabulous. "—Christine Feehan on The Iron Wyrm Affair

"Lilith Saintcrow spins a world of deadly magic, grand adventure, and fast-paced intrigue through the clattering streets of a maze-like mechanized Londonium. The Iron Wyrm Affair is a fantastic mix of action, steam, and mystery dredged in dark magic with a hint of romance. Loved it! Do not miss this wonderful addition to the steampunk genre."—Devon Monk on The Iron Wyrm Affair

"Lilith Saintcrow's foray into steampunk plunges the reader into a Victorian England rife with magic and menace, where clockwork horses pace the cobbled streets, dragons rule the ironworks, and it will take a sorceress' discipline and a logician's powers of deduction to unravel a bloody conspiracy."—Jacqueline Carey on The Iron Wyrm Affair