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| - An old friend of Hercules and Iolaus – Vlad – requests their presence in his kingdom of Dacia. It turns out that the Strygoia (Vampires) are running rampant and need to be stopped before they claim more innocent lives. Vlad warmly receives Hercules and Iolaus, but the two heroes quickly find that something is very wrong in his castle.
- Darkness Visible (2011) is a Victorian-set Science-fiction/Fantasy novel by British author P.G. Janssen. It is set in 1895, in a world which is identical to our own history except for one key fact: there are people, known as venturers, who can travel instantly between locations by tearing holes (Thresholds) in the fabric of reality. However, Thresholds are not entirely safe, and a bad one will cause unreality to leak in from beyond the world, with potentially fatal consequences. Probably deserves some kind of award for managing to be Sci Fi set in 1895 and not be Steampunk.
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| - Darkness Visible (2011) is a Victorian-set Science-fiction/Fantasy novel by British author P.G. Janssen. It is set in 1895, in a world which is identical to our own history except for one key fact: there are people, known as venturers, who can travel instantly between locations by tearing holes (Thresholds) in the fabric of reality. However, Thresholds are not entirely safe, and a bad one will cause unreality to leak in from beyond the world, with potentially fatal consequences. The book follows the exploits of Lord Henry Lewis, a Warden responsible for keeping an eye on Threshold activity in London and closing dangerous Thresholds before they cause any trouble. However, his job has become more than usually difficult, because someone or something is opening a lot of very dangerous Rogue Thresholds, which can kill or madden ordinary people. In the middle of a particularly nasty crime scene, Lewis runs into William Marsh, who shows the latent talent to become a venturer. Lewis is ordered to teach Marsh, but the two have more than enough reasons to dislike each other, and things are tense. As events overtake them, bonding ensues, and the two men have to put aside their differences to prevent the Big Bad from destroying the world. Basically, the book is a pretty funny buddy-cop movie with elevated English, literary references and some really nice outfits. Probably deserves some kind of award for managing to be Sci Fi set in 1895 and not be Steampunk. The book is available here, on Amazon or on Kindle.
- An old friend of Hercules and Iolaus – Vlad – requests their presence in his kingdom of Dacia. It turns out that the Strygoia (Vampires) are running rampant and need to be stopped before they claim more innocent lives. Vlad warmly receives Hercules and Iolaus, but the two heroes quickly find that something is very wrong in his castle.
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