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THE RISE OF THE AUTOMATED ARISTOCRATS

Mark Hodder

A Burton & Swinburne Adventure (#6)

Explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and poet Algernon Swinburne return in a new series of wildly imaginative steampunk adventures.
Sir Richard Francis Burton's expedition has returned from the future, bringing with it knowledge of technologies that must remain secret if history is to proceed as it should. However, when one of his colleagues turns rogue, the secret falls into the hands of the very people most likely to misuse it.

Betrayed, Burton and Swinburne watch in horror as the Empire's elite employ the technology to secure their positions of privilege. When London's parks are transformed into concentration camps, artists and philosophers are declared enemies of the State, and propaganda proliferates, the king's agent finds himself on the wrong side of—the king!

Can Burton and his band of hunted revolutionaries overthrow an apparently indestructible and immortal autocrat ... and if so, at what personal cost?

The Spring Heeled Jack saga reaches its explosive conclusion!
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Published 2015-08-01 by Pyr

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Hodder's writing evokes the haunting tone and sensibilities of an earlier age, as seen through the eyes of an old soul. I highly recommend following these adventures of Sir Richard Francis Burton. - Jon Sprunk