Emily's Comments: Sir Maurice Newbury is a man of mystery. He is an academic working for the British Museum, but he is also a special agent for Queen Victoria and a man deeply interested in the supernatural. With the help of his new assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbs, Newbury is assisting Scotland Yard with a recent string of murders in the slums of Whitechapel when an airship crashes in London killing all passengers. The Queen suspects foul play and requests the agents help in identifying the culprits. Newbury and Hobbs quickly find themselves deep in conspiracy and danger. The Affinity Bridge is set in an alternative Victorian London where airships fill the sky, steam powered carriages rumble through the streets, and revenants roam through the slums, infected with a zombie-like virus brought over from India. George Mann presents Steampunk at its finest.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Affinity Bridge. While it mixed two of my favorite literary sub-genres (Steampunk and zombies) it was also a really good detective mystery full of intrigue and thrills. The characters were likable, the story was exciting, and I’m definitely looking forward to the next Newbury and Hobbs investigation. It might be categorized as science fiction / fantasy, but if you like fun London based detective novels, give George Mann’s The Affinity Bridge a try(check status at GPL)!
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