From the author of The Court of the Air comes a hugely engaging,
Victorian-style adventure, filled with perilous quests, dastardly
deeds and deadly intrigue - perfect for all fans of Philip Pullman
and Susanna Clarke Professor Amelia Harsh is obsessed with finding
the lost civilisation of Camlantis, a legendary city from
pre-history that is said to have conquered hunger, war and disease
- tempering the race of man's baser instincts by the creation of
the perfect pacifist society. It is an obsession that is to cost
her dearly. She returns home to Jackals from her latest
archaeological misadventure to discover that the university council
has finally stripped her of her position in retaliation for her
heretical research. Without official funding, Amelia has no choice
but to accept the offer of patronage from the man she blames for
her father's bankruptcy and suicide, the fiercely intelligent and
incredibly wealthy Abraham Quest. He has an ancient crystal-book
that suggests the Camlantean ruins are buried under one of the
sea-like lakes that dot the murderous jungles of Liongeli. Amelia
undertakes an expedition deep into the dark heart of the jungle,
blackmailing her old friend Commodore Black into ferrying her along
the huge river of the Shedarkshe on his ancient u-boat. With an
untrustworthy crew of freed convicts, Quest's force of female
mercenaries on board and a lunatic steamman safari hunter acting as
their guide, Amelia's luck can hardly get any worse. But she's as
yet unaware that her quest for the perfect society is about to
bring her own world to the brink of destruction...
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