Human Nature
The Whitby Mermaid, prize exhibit of Cruickshankâs Cabinet of Curiosities, has been stolen.
But consulting detective Gabriel Wraith is soon on the case. And he's not the only one, for wherever there is a mystery to be solved, Ulysses Quicksilver is never far away. What does the theft of what appears to be a poorly-conceived fake have to do with the mysterious House of Monkeys? And what of the enigmatic criminal known as the Magpie? Ulysses embarks upon an adventure that will take him to the industrially-polluted North and the fishing town where the curious creature was supposedly caught. But there are worse things awaiting him there than mermaids. The moors of Ghestdale are haunted by the savage Barghest beast, while in the abandoned mines beneath the Umbridge estate, abominations lurk in the darkness, waiting. And Ulysses Quicksilver is about to discover that the worst horrors are those spawned by Man's own selfish nature.
Trapped within the heart of darkness, with his body and sanity threatened, can he escape a fate worse than death before one man's insane quest for immortality comes to fruition?
But consulting detective Gabriel Wraith is soon on the case. And he's not the only one, for wherever there is a mystery to be solved, Ulysses Quicksilver is never far away. What does the theft of what appears to be a poorly-conceived fake have to do with the mysterious House of Monkeys? And what of the enigmatic criminal known as the Magpie? Ulysses embarks upon an adventure that will take him to the industrially-polluted North and the fishing town where the curious creature was supposedly caught. But there are worse things awaiting him there than mermaids. The moors of Ghestdale are haunted by the savage Barghest beast, while in the abandoned mines beneath the Umbridge estate, abominations lurk in the darkness, waiting. And Ulysses Quicksilver is about to discover that the worst horrors are those spawned by Man's own selfish nature.
Trapped within the heart of darkness, with his body and sanity threatened, can he escape a fate worse than death before one man's insane quest for immortality comes to fruition?
About the Author
Jonathan Green has been a freelance writer for the last fourteen years. In that time he has written Sonic The Hedgehog and Fighting Fantasy gamebooks - including the much-anticipated Blood-Bones - atmospheric colour text for a variety of Games Workshop products, and numerous short stories for the Black Library Inferno! magazine. To date he has written six novels set in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, which have been translated into five languages. The co-creator of Pax Britannia, Unnatural History is his first novel for Abaddon Books. He lives in West London with his wife and two young children, where he spends his nights behind a compute keyboard and his days working as a teacher.
Where to Buy
- Published: Jul, 2009
- ISBN: 978-1-905437-86-3
- Pages: 384
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