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Marlowe and the Spacewoman #3
Balloons of the Apocalypse
When Marlowe takes a case involving marriage, usually it's one spouse checking up on the other.
But not this time. Now he's the spouse, and if he can't trust Nina, his new wife and old bodyguard, they're both in big trouble.
Because while their honeymoon destination, Beet City, has a reputation as a tourist mecca, it's also the holy seat of a powerful cult that worships the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven.
What was supposed to be a routine undercover sham marriage in order to spy on a powerful cult bent on world domination quickly turns dangerous.
Marlowe and Nina must navigate cult indoctrination, mandatory public transportation, and the constantly blaring symphonies of Beethoven in order to discover the secret that lies in the 10th Circle of Beet City.
Instead of celebrating their fraudulent nuptials, they find themselves dodging goons, baton blasters, and artificially intelligent artillery.
Will they divorce and their union just become another statistic?
Will they discover the secret of the 10th Circle in time?
Will they live to tell the tale?
And what is Marlowe's old enemy, Obedere, up to with all those steam-powered pigs?
But not this time. Now he's the spouse, and if he can't trust Nina, his new wife and old bodyguard, they're both in big trouble.
Because while their honeymoon destination, Beet City, has a reputation as a tourist mecca, it's also the holy seat of a powerful cult that worships the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven.
What was supposed to be a routine undercover sham marriage in order to spy on a powerful cult bent on world domination quickly turns dangerous.
Marlowe and Nina must navigate cult indoctrination, mandatory public transportation, and the constantly blaring symphonies of Beethoven in order to discover the secret that lies in the 10th Circle of Beet City.
Instead of celebrating their fraudulent nuptials, they find themselves dodging goons, baton blasters, and artificially intelligent artillery.
Will they divorce and their union just become another statistic?
Will they discover the secret of the 10th Circle in time?
Will they live to tell the tale?
And what is Marlowe's old enemy, Obedere, up to with all those steam-powered pigs?
258 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 30, 2014
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January 8, 2015
I loved the first book, Marlowe and the Spacewoman, so eagerly snapped up this sequel as soon as I spotted it was out (which was some time after it was published - book promotion doesn't seem to be the author's strong point!). Balloons of the Apocalypse sees the return of sleuth Marlowe, sidekick Nina and most of the villains and supporting characters from the first novel. The setting is a futuristic yet down-trodded America, where the 'Big Fed' has fallen and the land is ruled by city states. The novel has a wonderfully-inventive storyline involving a Beethoven-worshipping cult, with many twists and turns. The humour is less evident than in the first book but this is still a good, fun read. A minor quibble is that the ebook formatting wasn't brilliant, but overall it was a good read. I look forward to the next one...
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