The Whitby Mermaid, prize exhibit of Cruickshank’s Cabinet of Curiosities, has been stolen.
But consulting detective Gabriel Wraith is soon on the case. And he's not the only one, for wherever there is a mystery to be solved, Ulysses Quicksilver is never far away. What does the theft of what appears to be a poorly-conceived fake have to do with the mysterious House of Monkeys? And what of the enigmatic criminal known as the Magpie? Ulysses embarks upon an adventure that will take him to the industrially-polluted North and the fishing town where the curious creature was supposedly caught. But there are worse things awaiting him there than mermaids. The moors of Ghestdale are haunted by the savage Barghest beast, while in the abandoned mines beneath the Umbridge estate, abominations lurk in the darkness, waiting. And Ulysses Quicksilver is about to discover that the worst horrors are those spawned by Man's own selfish nature.
Trapped within the heart of darkness, with his body and sanity threatened, can he escape a fate worse than death before one man's insane quest for immortality comes to fruition?
But consulting detective Gabriel Wraith is soon on the case. And he's not the only one, for wherever there is a mystery to be solved, Ulysses Quicksilver is never far away. What does the theft of what appears to be a poorly-conceived fake have to do with the mysterious House of Monkeys? And what of the enigmatic criminal known as the Magpie? Ulysses embarks upon an adventure that will take him to the industrially-polluted North and the fishing town where the curious creature was supposedly caught. But there are worse things awaiting him there than mermaids. The moors of Ghestdale are haunted by the savage Barghest beast, while in the abandoned mines beneath the Umbridge estate, abominations lurk in the darkness, waiting. And Ulysses Quicksilver is about to discover that the worst horrors are those spawned by Man's own selfish nature.
Trapped within the heart of darkness, with his body and sanity threatened, can he escape a fate worse than death before one man's insane quest for immortality comes to fruition?
Jonathan Green is a freelance writer well known for his contributions to the Fighting Fantasy range of adventure gamebooks, as well as his novels set within Games Workshop’s worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, which include the Black Templars duology Crusade for Armageddon and Conquest of Armageddon. He has written for such diverse properties as Sonic the Hedgehog, Doctor Who, Star Wars The Clone Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is also the creator of the popular steampunk Pax Britannia line, published by Abaddon Books, and has an ever-increasing number of non-fiction books to his name. To keep up with what he is doing, go to http://www.jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com.
