num_pages: 109
description: Lesbian vampire spies on the Western Front! Intelligence agent Lucy Harker receives the most dangerous job in the world  keeping Winston Churchill safe in the Great War. Despite her unique abilities as Dracula's daughter she loses Churchill to Kaiser Wilhelm's inhuman allies. If she's to recover Britain's greatest leader Agent Harker must gain the aid of her Austrian lover Countess Karnstein  better known as Carmilla. But the notorious vampire is keeping secrets that might doom the British Empire. : Reviews [G]rand and smashing recursive steampunk in the manner of Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and a splendid romp indeed. Paul Di Filippo Asimov's SF This is the modern feminist queer version of a Boys Own Adventure story and Ward brings it all together in a satisfyingly explosive and emotionally meaningful conclusion. Liz Bourke Sleeps with Monsters ( Tor.com )
language: None
title: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum
publisher: Aqueduct Press