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The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl From the Peculiar Adventures of John Lovehart, Esq., Volume 2

9780857664457

The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl From the Peculiar Adventures of John Lovehart, Esq., Volume 2

  • ISBN 13:

    9780857664457

  • ISBN 10:

    085766445X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 08/04/2015
  • Publisher: Angry Robot
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Summary

A dark and twisted Victorian melodrama, like Alice in Wonderland goes to Hell, from the author of The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath.

Two orphans, Pedrock and Boo Boo, are sent to live in the sinister village of Darkwound. There they meet and befriend the magical and dangerous Mr Loveheart and his neighbour, Professor Hummingbird, a recluse who collects rare butterflies. Little do they know that Professor Hummingbird has attracted the wrath of a demon named Mr Angelcakes.

One night, Mr Angelcakes visits Boo Boo and carves a butterfly onto her back. Boo Boo starts to metamorphose into a butterfly/human hybrid, and is kidnapped by Professor Hummingbird. When Mr Loveheart attempts to rescue her with the aid of Detective White and Constable Walnut, they too are turned into butterflies.

Caught between Professor Hummingbird and the demon Angelcakes, Loveheart finds himself entangled in a web much wider and darker than he could have imagined, and a plot that leads him right to the Prime Minister and even Queen Victoria herself …

File UnderFantasy [ Closing the Net / Heads in the Trees / The Angel-Eater / Prime Minister’s Questions ]

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