Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #348966 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

A rollicking good story
When Wilhelmina Murray (of Bram Stoker's Dracula) is recruited by Campion Bond to assemble a team of operatives, to work for Britain's intelligence service in 1898, she has very little idea what she's letting herself in for. Together with an aging drug addicted Allan Quartermain, the independent Captain Nemo, the unstable Dr. Henry Jekyll (and more unstable Edward Hyde), and the downright nasty Hawley Griffin (H.G. Wells' Invisible Man); she must unravel a multitude of overlapping mysteries, and save London...but from whom?

This is quite a fun book. As with any story that takes an existing character and casts him or her in a new role, there are bound to be complaints (e.g. when did Captain Nemo become a Hindu, and why is he now so zealous to protect the British Empire?). However, in their new roles, the characters hang together nicely, and work to make a fascinating story.

The illustration is nicely done, though the cartoonists appear to be drawn to women with large bosoms and impossible narrow waists. Overall, I did find this to be a rollicking good story, one that held my interest throughout. As an added bonus, the book ends with a prose prequel that follows Allan Quartermain on an adventure with John Carter, Randolph Carter and the Time Traveler. I highly enjoyed this book, and think that you will, too.

Simply Spiffing
Just when you think it can't get any better he puts in an Eastenders joke!

Sheer Genius.