Arabella and the Battle of Venus

By David D. Levine

Book Overview

The thrilling adventures of Arabella Ashby continue in Arabella and the Battle of Venus, the second book in Hugo-winning author David D. Levine's swashbuckling sci-fi, alternate history series

Arabella's wedding plans to marry Captain Singh of the Honorable Mars Trading Company are interrupted when her fianc is captured by the French and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp on swampy Venus. Now, Arabella must find passage to an enemy-controlled planet in the middle of a war, bribe or fight her way past vicious guards, and rescue her Captain.

To do this she must enlist the help of the dashing privateer, Daniel Fox of the Touchstone and build her own clockwork navigational automaton in order to get to Venus before the dread French general, Joseph Fouch , the Executioner of Lyon.

Once on Venus, Arabella, Singh, and Fox soon discover that Napoleon has designed a secret weapon, one that could subjugate the entire galaxy if they can't discover a way to stop Fouch , and the entire French army, from completing their emperor's mandate.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765382822
• ISBN13: 9780765382825
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.5"