A story of automatons, dirigibles, the plague, Queen Victoria, murder, and much foul play.Newbury and Hobbes are brought in on a string of murders in Whitechapel, but are soon redirected by the Queen herself, to discover why an airship has crashed into a park in the heart of London.Established businessmen, Scotland Yard detectives, plague-ridden zombies, "glowing" bobbies, lost relatives, psychic relatives, loyal servants, royal family members, this book has them all; follow along to see how that all intertwine. Completely over the top. I cackled when I read the line about the character pushing himself past his body's level of endurance. Way too much pain for the hero to endure, the beatings are excessive. And there's laudanum, and zombies, and automatons, and mad science, and a glowing bobby like something out of Scooby Doo. Why is Amelia in an asylum? What purpose is served by her ability to foretell the future? None, it's a completely pointless character development, in a giant stew of pointless violence. And yet, oh, such fun. Every bit as compelling as Dan Brown, but with no semblance of seriousness whatsoever. Goofy Saturday-morning sort of fun.
What do You think about Affinity Bridge (2008)?
An entertaining, Steampunk tale in the mode of Sherlock Holmes. Action, intrigue and zombies.
—monkey
Would have got four stars if the author knew the difference between "to lie" and "to lay"
—tanvi
Well done - better than many other novels of this genre I've read.
—alisa
