The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs
A Langdon St. Ives Novella
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Deep within the cavern-riddled chalk cliffs above the English Channel there brews a threat to the very sanity of the people of Britain. A startling madness infects the members of the Explorer’s Club in London, the debacle coinciding with the disappearance of Alice St. Ives and the murder of the lighthouse keeper at Beachy Head. Langdon St. Ives sets out to rescue his wife and to stop the accelerating train of events hurtling he and his friends into a dark tunnel of madness and death.
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In the latest Holmesian adventure from Blaylock (The Ebb Tide), steampunk hero Langdon St. Ives once again faces off against Dr. Ignacio Narbondo. The action is set in motion by a bizarre madness that afflicts the members of the Explorer's Club as well as a village in Kent. St. Ives, concerned that his estranged wife may be in the afflicted village, leads his companions through the British countryside, where they are captured by Narbondo's men. The focus then shifts to St. Ives's friends Jack Owlesby and Tubby Frobisher, blas manservant Hasbro, and Tubby's Uncle Gilbert as they attempt to find St. Ives and discover what is behind the strange fog that causes temporary insanity. While many recent novels have picked up the steampunk banner, this one fully delivers, offering action, farce, tender relationships, and prose full of genuine Victorian cadence and flavor.
