GHOST OF EMPIRE
By George Mann
Titan Books
272 pages
George Mann is a New Pulp writer currently producing three
terrific series; the Newbury & Hobbs books, new Sherlock Holmes fantasies
and his steampunk vigilante adventures of the Ghost of which this is the
fourth. It is also the best. Within its pages Mann has crammed enough action
and adventure, colorful heroes and mysterious villains to fill a half dozen
books.
New York playboy Gabriel Cross, alias the Ghost, his girl
friend Ginny Gray and their friends, Detective Felix Donovan and his wife Flora
are in London on a much needed vacation. When they are confronted by a gravely
wounded British Secret Service agent of Cross’ acquaintance, their plans for a
restful sojourn evaporate immediately. In seeking help for his friend, the
weary crime-fighter is pulled into an eerie conspiracy unleashed by Russian
spies capable of deadly arcane magic. It soon becomes evident that the enemy
agents are planning the destruction of London. They are commanded by a powerful,
undying wizard from out of Russia’s bloody past.
Mann pits Cross and his friends against this horde of
murderous magicians in one battle after another at breakneck speed. Then when
thing look their worst for the Ghost and company, a very unique new ally
arrives on the scene leading to a truly powerful and climatic confrontation
with the Master Villain. Friends, this is truly pulp fiction at its best!
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