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Welcome to the bizarre and dangerous world of Victorian London, a city teetering on the edge of revolution. Its people are ushering in a new era of technology, dazzled each day by new inventions. Airships soar in the skies over the city, whilst ground trains rumble through the streets and clockwork automatons are programmed to carry out menial tasks in the offices of lawyers, policemen, and journalists. But beneath this shiny veneer of progress lurks a sinister side.

For this is also a world where lycanthropy is a rampant disease that plagues the dirty whorehouses of Whitechapel, where poltergeist infestations create havoc in old country seats, where cadavers can rise from the dead and where nobody ever goes near the Natural History Museum.

©2010 Snowbooks (P)2012 Audible Ltd Fantasy Fiction Technology Paranormal England

Critic reviews

"Mann's imagination has clearly run wild in this quirky and well realised version of the world, and this is no bad thing. It's fun, it's exciting, and Mann has a very agreeable hand that's easy to appreciate. He has a sharp talent for writing and a surplus of enthusiasm for the genre...." (SCIFI Now)
"The author does a superb job of recreating 19-century London...a thoroughly engaging story. Excellent world building; captures the Sherlock Holmes feel; never a boring passage. Bottom line: A hugely entertaining book. 4.5 out of 5." (SF Signal)
"Fans of Alan Moore's work will likely enjoy Mann's depiction of Victorian asylums, slums, aristocratic soirees, and things that go bump in the night." (Strange Horizons)
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Would you listen to The Affinity Bridge again? Why?

Yes as it's the first book in the series.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Lacklustre narration which spoiled the story for me. The narrator just read the story instead of giving the characters different voices.

Fabulous story hindered by a mediocre performance

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I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Pure, silly escapism. I will certainly be reading more of the series.

The only problem with it was the editing of the performance. There were at least 3 or 4 occasions where Simon Taylor stumbled slightly, paused and repeated a few words, obviously expecting the mistake to be edited out but this did not happen. It did not particularly spoil my enjoyment but was a little annoying, as overall the performance was good.

Enjoyable and fun listen.

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The story was very engaging and I loved every second of it. I also found it funny how when the narrator got a bit tongue tied world make a popping sound with him mouth and start again, I wasn't bothered by it and thought it added a certain charm to the reading.

loved it

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Atmospheric and we'll written. unusual story line which I enjoyed. Also U think the narrators voice was perfect for the era the book was set in.

New to steam punk!

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An imaginative steam punk romp let down by a parody-posh vowel mangler. The pronunciation of "chapter one" is a fine example.of an actor trying way too hard and getting in the way of a competent story with a charcutier's worth of ham.

fun yarn, lousy reader

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