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Violence
Some
Steampunk action violence and Victorian dangers
Language
Barely any
Period language; mild
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Victorian-era drinking and drug use (laudanum in period context)
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of historical determinism and what happens when the past is altered
What this book is about
Sir Richard Francis Burton — the real explorer-spy — becomes an agent of the Crown in a radically altered 1861 London where Eugenicist and Libertine factions have divided Britain and a mysterious flying demon called Spring Heeled Jack terrorizes the city. Hodder's steampunk alternate history packs a remarkable amount of genuine Victorian history into its outlandish adventure, with a time-travel twist that earns its convolutions.
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Steampunk action violence
Historical alternate fiction
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