THE RISE OF THE AUTOMATED ARISTOCRATS, the sixth-and-final volume in Mark Hodder‘s fan-favourite Burton & Swinburne Adventures will be published tomorrow in the UK. Published by Del Rey UK, here’s the synopsis…
Burton and Swinburne return for their final thrilling adventure!
Sir Richard Francis Burton’s expedition has returned from the future, bringing with it knowledge of technologies which must remain secret for history to follow its natural course.
Betrayed by one of their own, Burton and Swinburne watch in horror as the Empire’s elite use this knowledge to secure their positions for all eternity, branding any who oppose them as enemies of the State.
Can their band of hunted revolutionaries overthrow the ultimate automated autocrat – their King?.
Betrayed by one of their own,Burton and Swinburne watch in horror as the Empire’s elite use this knowledge to secure their positions for all eternity, branding any who oppose them as enemies of the State. Can their band of hunted revolutionaries overthrow the ultimate automated autocrat – their King?
The series also includes: THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING-HEELED JACK, THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE CLOCKWORK MAN, EXPEDITION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON (Snowbooks), THE SECRET OF ABDU EL YEZDI and THE RETURN OF THE DISCONTINUED MAN (Del Rey). Del Rey UK also publishes THE RED SUN ALSO RISES, a stand-alone novel, in the UK.
Zeno represents Mark Hodder in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.
