The Map of the Sky ( Victorian Trilogy II )
( Spanish - El mapa del cielo - 2012 )
novel by Félix J. Palma
translated by
Published: Atria Books - hardback - 2012 ( US )
ISBN: 1451660316 / 9781451660319
Atria Books - e-book - 2012
eISBN: 1451660332 / 9781451660333
ASIN: B00AE8YLN0
Atria Books / SFBC - hardback - 2012
ISBN: none
Atria Books - trade paperback - 2013
ISBN: 1451660324 / 9781451660326
synopsis
1898. New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry well-to-do Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he first accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H.G. Wells' popular novel The War of the Worlds. Meanwhile in London, Wells himself is unexpectedly made privy to certain objects, apparently of extra-terrestrial origin, that were discovered decades earlier on an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic. On that same expedition was an American crew member named Edgar Allan Poe, whose inexplicable experiences in the frozen wasteland would ultimately inspire him to create one of his most enduring works of literature.
When eerie, alien-looking cylinders begin appearing on the outskirts of London, Wells is certain it is all part of some elaborate hoax. But soon, to his great horror, he realizes that a true invasion of the earth has indeed begun. As brave bands of citizens converge on a crumbling London to defend it against utter ruin, Emma and her suitor must confront the enigma that is their love, a bright spark of hope even against the darkening light of apocalypse.
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( Spanish - El mapa del cielo - 2012 )
novel by Félix J. Palma
translated by
Published: Atria Books - hardback - 2012 ( US )
ISBN: 1451660316 / 9781451660319
Atria Books - e-book - 2012
eISBN: 1451660332 / 9781451660333
ASIN: B00AE8YLN0
Atria Books / SFBC - hardback - 2012
ISBN: none
Atria Books - trade paperback - 2013
ISBN: 1451660324 / 9781451660326
synopsis
1898. New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry well-to-do Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he first accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H.G. Wells' popular novel The War of the Worlds. Meanwhile in London, Wells himself is unexpectedly made privy to certain objects, apparently of extra-terrestrial origin, that were discovered decades earlier on an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic. On that same expedition was an American crew member named Edgar Allan Poe, whose inexplicable experiences in the frozen wasteland would ultimately inspire him to create one of his most enduring works of literature.
When eerie, alien-looking cylinders begin appearing on the outskirts of London, Wells is certain it is all part of some elaborate hoax. But soon, to his great horror, he realizes that a true invasion of the earth has indeed begun. As brave bands of citizens converge on a crumbling London to defend it against utter ruin, Emma and her suitor must confront the enigma that is their love, a bright spark of hope even against the darkening light of apocalypse.
awards
....