The Janus Affair: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel: 2 (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Series) - Softcover

Ballantine, Pip; Morris, Tee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006204978X ISBN 13: 9780062049780

Publisher: Harper Voyager, 2012

Synopsis

There's something rotten in the city of London. Women are disappearing - young and old, rich and poor, from all walks of society. The only thing they have in common is their belief that women also deserve the vote. It's up to the Ministry of Peculiar Occurences to find out why these women are vanishing, but agents Books and Braun have their own challenges. There's a turncoat with nefarious plans within the Ministry itself, and the reappearance of an old flame means their growing friendship is threatened. To say nothing of the queen of the underworld, tassassins-attacking-on-ornithopters, and a conspiracy that reaches to the heights of London Society.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Evildoers beware! Retribution is at hand, thanks to Britain's best-kept secret agents!!

Certainly no strangers to peculiar occurrences, agents Wellington Books and Eliza Braun are nonetheless stunned to observe a fellow passenger aboard Britain's latest hypersteam train suddenly vanish in a dazzling bolt of lightning. They soon discover this is not the only such disappearance . . . with each case going inexplicably unexamined by the Crown.

The fate of England is once again in the hands of an ingenious archivist paired with a beautiful, fearless lady of adventure. And though their foe be fiendishly clever, so then is Mr. Books . . . and Miss Braun still has a number of useful and unusual devices hidden beneath her petticoats.

About the Author:

Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris have been collaborating since 2006 in podcast productions including Chasing the Bard, Weather Child, Billibub Baddings and The Case of the Singing Sword, and Morevi. Their collaborations have won them a variety of acclaim, including a Sir Julius Vogel award and a Parsec award. Their first writing collaboration was Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel. The book went on to win the 2011 Airship Award for Best Steampunk Literature of the Year. Together, they enjoy life in Virginia alongside their daughter and five extremely playful cats.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 006204978X
• ISBN 13: 9780062049780
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 432