Leviathan Rising
"Around the world in eighty days in style!"
This proud claim, made by the Carcharodon Shipping Company, is about to be put to the test as its newest and most magnificent submersible cruise liner, the Neptune, sets sail on its maiden voyage around the world. Among the great and the good who have been invited to join this historic cruise is Ulysses Quicksilver, dandy adventurer and hero of Magna Britannia, enjoying a well-deserved sojourn after the traumatic events of Queen Victoria¹s 160th jubilee celebrations.
But only days out from the undersea city of Pacifica disaster strikes. First a brutal murder is committed and then an act of sabotage sends the Neptune plunging into the abyssal depths. Trapped at the bottom of the sea, teetering on the edge of the unfathomable Marianas trench, the few who survive the tragedy discover that their problems are only just beginning.
For far below, in the cold ocean depths, a decades¹ old secret awaits them. Lurking in the oppressive stygian darkness is the legacy of a protracted cold war waged between Magna Britannia and the Chinese empire. The Kraken has awoken. Rising from the abyss, like the Biblical leviathan of legend, it hungers and when it hunts none shall escape its primeval fury.
This proud claim, made by the Carcharodon Shipping Company, is about to be put to the test as its newest and most magnificent submersible cruise liner, the Neptune, sets sail on its maiden voyage around the world. Among the great and the good who have been invited to join this historic cruise is Ulysses Quicksilver, dandy adventurer and hero of Magna Britannia, enjoying a well-deserved sojourn after the traumatic events of Queen Victoria¹s 160th jubilee celebrations.
But only days out from the undersea city of Pacifica disaster strikes. First a brutal murder is committed and then an act of sabotage sends the Neptune plunging into the abyssal depths. Trapped at the bottom of the sea, teetering on the edge of the unfathomable Marianas trench, the few who survive the tragedy discover that their problems are only just beginning.
For far below, in the cold ocean depths, a decades¹ old secret awaits them. Lurking in the oppressive stygian darkness is the legacy of a protracted cold war waged between Magna Britannia and the Chinese empire. The Kraken has awoken. Rising from the abyss, like the Biblical leviathan of legend, it hungers and when it hunts none shall escape its primeval fury.
About the Author
Jonathan Green has been a freelance writer for the last fourteen years. In that time he has written Sonic The Hedgehog and Fighting Fantasy gamebooks - including the much-anticipated Blood-Bones - atmospheric colour text for a variety of Games Workshop products, and numerous short stories for the Black Library Inferno! magazine. To date he has written six novels set in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, which have been translated into five languages. The co-creator of Pax Britannia, Unnatural History is his first novel for Abaddon Books. He lives in West London with his wife and two young children, where he spends his nights behind a compute keyboard and his days working as a teacher.
Where to Buy
- Published: Mar, 2008
- ISBN: 978-1-905437-60-3
- Pages: 384
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