Description
The first in an alternate fantasy series where vampires, werewolves, and goblins rule London.
Queen Victoria rules with an immortal fist. The undead matriarch presides over a Britain where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground and mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. It's a world where the nobility are infected with the Plague (side-effects include undeath), Hysteria is the popular affliction of the day, and leeches are considered a delicacy. And a world where technology lives side by side with magic. The year is 2012 and Pax Britannia still reigns. Xandra Vardan is a member of the elite Royal Guard, and it is her duty to protect the Aristocracy. But when her sister goes missing, Xandra will set out on a path that undermines everything she believed in and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to topple the empire. And she is the key -- the prize -- in a very dangerous struggle. The fantastic start to The Immortal Empire series that continues with the spectacular undead books, The Queen is Dead and Long Live the Queen.
Author: Kate Locke
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 07/01/2012
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780316196123
ISBN10: 0316196126
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary
- Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal
- Fiction | Fantasy | Urban
Queen Victoria rules with an immortal fist. The undead matriarch presides over a Britain where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground and mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. It's a world where the nobility are infected with the Plague (side-effects include undeath), Hysteria is the popular affliction of the day, and leeches are considered a delicacy. And a world where technology lives side by side with magic. The year is 2012 and Pax Britannia still reigns. Xandra Vardan is a member of the elite Royal Guard, and it is her duty to protect the Aristocracy. But when her sister goes missing, Xandra will set out on a path that undermines everything she believed in and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to topple the empire. And she is the key -- the prize -- in a very dangerous struggle. The fantastic start to The Immortal Empire series that continues with the spectacular undead books, The Queen is Dead and Long Live the Queen.
Author: Kate Locke
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 07/01/2012
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780316196123
ISBN10: 0316196126
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary
- Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal
- Fiction | Fantasy | Urban
About the Author
Kate Locke is a shameless anglophile who wrote her first book at age twelve. Fortunately, that book about a British pop band is lost forever. During 'off' hours Kate spends time caressing her collection of Fluevogs, watches BBC America, or plays with makeup. She loves history, the paranormal, horror, and sparkly things.