Dimensions
153 x 233 x 30mm
Robert Rankin's Far-Fetched-Fictional Steampunk sequel to THE WAR OF THE WORLDS!
The pickled Martian s tentacles are fraying at the ends and Professor Coffin s Most Meritorious Unnatural Attraction is no longer drawing the crowds.It s 1895; nearly a decade since Mars invaded Earth, chronicled by H.G Wells in The War of the Worlds. Wrecked Martian spaceships, back-engineered by Charles Babbage and Nikola Tesla, have carried the Queen s Own Electric Fusiliers to the red planet and Mars is now part of the ever-expanding British Empire.Coffin needs a sensational new attraction. Word has reached him of the Japanese Devil Fish Girl; nothing quite like her has ever existed before. But Professor Coffin s quest to possess the ultimate showman s exhibit is about to cause considerable friction amongst the folk of other planets. Friction sufficient to spark off Worlds War Two.
