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Blood Royal (Pax Britannia) [Kindle Edition]

Jonathan Green
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BLOOD WILL OUT! Magna Britannia reels from the events that saw some of its citizens mutated into hideous insect hybrids. The streets are awash with rumours of a twisted new religion created from the destruction surrounding St Paul’s Cathedral. In Europe, the spectre of war rears its ugly head, a war fought by unnatural beings. In the centre of the chaos, hero of the Empire, Ulysses Quicksilver, must maintain his calm, while madness reigns and he fights to protect civilisation itself. From the insect-haunted streets of a shattered London, to the cold snowy wastes of Russia, Ulysses finds himself on an adventure into the heart of a dark and bloody empire. “Jonathan Green gets mileage out of his monsters, with big action set-pieces that read like things we’d like to see in a rip-roaring summer movie.” - SFX Magazine “I never have anything less than a great time reading the adventures of Ulysses Quicksilver.” – Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 451 KB
  • Publisher: Abaddon Books (31 May 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0053TRBVO
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #59,899 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Blood Royal continues on pretty directly from the last book, and London is still awash with devolved mutants, including some insectile aggressors that inadvertently draw Ulysses Quicksilver into his latest adventure.

While it's nice to see Spring-Heeled Jack again, the opening segment of the book feels more like a setup for a future plotline involving a rabid preacher and his ragged flock.

That is merely an appetiser for the main event, though, as Quicksilver and the ever-dependable Nimrod investigate a friend's murder and find themselves on a trail that leads to the Russian steppes.

There are a lot of fine ideas here, including a pretty cool cyborg assassin with a worrying origin, monsters of both fanged and furry varieties, and the role of the mad monk Rasputin in the Pax Britannia universe. It's also nice to see a bit more of the empire, especially when that involves pterosaur-riding tribesmen.

Sadly, the whole thing feels a little rushed, with a number of the characters, while intriguing, coming across as slightly underdeveloped. I think it's just a minor blip from the usually-reliable Green, and hopefully some of the plots and people from this book will be further fleshed out in the future.
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