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Wisdom of Dead Men

Oisin McGann author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:27th Oct '14

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Another epic story from the talented mind of Oisin McGann, author of the critically acclaimed Ancient Appetites.

local women seem to be spontaneously combusting and no one's quite sure why!

Wild mechanical creatures, explosions, deceptions, twists and turns with a host of fantastic otherworldly characters - imagine The Godfather meets Philip Reeve and you have Wisdom of Dead Men.

If you're head of the Wildenstern clan, you can expect someone'll try to kill you at some point or another. And usually when someone does, it's a member of your own family.

But, right now Berto Wildenstern, and his brother Nate, have more pressing matters on their minds . . . local women seem to be spontaneously combusting and no one's quite sure why!

Wild mechanical creatures, explosions, deceptions, twists and turns with a host of fantastic otherworldly characters - imagine The Godfather meets Philip Reeve and you have Wisdom of Dead Men.

Very tense, with red herrings aplenty and a goodly dollop of humour * The Bookbag *
McGann mixes science, politics and history and raises many moral issues. He manages it all with a wonderful lightness of touch and superb control of an ever-evolving story that grows in complexity with every chapter but somehow never becomes confusing to the reader * Inis Magazine *
The Wisdom of Dead Men is an explosive fantasy read, set in the Victorian era. It opens with a gripping spontaneous combustion and the action never lets up * Irish Independent *
A rollicking, steampunk adventure . . . I couldn't put it down * Irish Times *
He reveals lush detail as he builds a fascinating world for his characters to inhabit but never gets bogged down in self-indulgent minutiae and his characters, even the bit-part players, are always fully rounded and believable * Sci-fi London *

ISBN: 9780552573009

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm

Weight: 330g

480 pages