George Mann another new writer, at least to me. Steam punk. Late Victorian. Zombies. I don't watch zombie movies. I don't do horror movies; great for T&A, but I don't really like violence and gore.
The type set, was more like a newspaper and I suspect it was done more like a Victorian typeface. The prologue involved a zombie, but the main plot seemed to be about a ghost attacking people in the the city of London until the dirigible crashed ala Hindenburg, but the pilot was not found. The pilot was a robot . . ..
Okay, robots, zombies, blimps, ghosts, secret agents and one more thing, a prescient mental patient. All that and a strong female character in a time where women were considered the weaker gender. The age of chivalry is strong in this book, but in this strong male dominated world the monarch is a woman, the strongest monarch in England's history, yet the power of women in their personal life is weak. Still, she pushes against the stereotypes and while they do not break, neither does she.
Overall I liked the book. Steampunk, zombies, the occult, secret agents, a plot to ruin the monarchy and more.
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