Trafalgar and Boone in the Drowned Necropolis
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- 22,00 kr
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- 22,00 kr
Publisher Description
Dorothy Boone's attempt to help a friend leads her to an encounter with a deadly new rival.
Trafalgar and Boone have been working together for a year, taking small commissions in order to learn how to work together. When a friend and colleague is committed to an asylum following a disastrous mission in the Mediterranean, Dorothy takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. What she finds is that her friend was close to the discovery of a lifetime: the remnants of a prehistoric civilization who might have been wiped out by the Biblical Flood. Trafalgar agrees to accompany her on an expedition to finish what her friend began, and soon they run afoul of a powerful enemy: Emmeline Potter, called Virago, is a treasure hunter who is also adept at magic and seeks riches to help fund a violent uprising. Dorothy and Trafalgar must race to defeat their unscrupulous opponent if they hope to preserve the site for future generations, but they soon discover Virago may be the least of their worries. The secrets of the past have ways of remaining hidden, and trying to uncover them may cost Dorothy her life.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Adventure and romance mingle with magic in Cannon's strange but eminently readable second novel (after The Virtuous Feats of the Indomitable Miss Trafalgar and the Erudite Lady Boone) following the archaeological meanderings of its Jazz Age heroines. The year is 1920 and London is the setting for the unlikely collaboration of two women who were, only one book ago, competitors verging on enemies. Despite the normally secretive and isolationist nature of the exploration profession,the women have joined forces with each other and the mysterious Beatrice Sek to investigate long-held rumors of a mysterious race that predates biblical times. There is, however, another very strong, determined woman with her own plans to beat the trio and she'll stop at nothing, including the use of magic, to emerge victorious. While at times the romantic and aggressively feminist subplots feel gratuitous, the historical context makes them more interesting. The subtle applications of magic and fantasy read as convenient plot mechanics rather than wholly integrated elements of the story. Cannon relies heavily on the events of the previous book and makes many vague references to them, which leaves new readers scrambling for context.
