num_pages: 309
description: The second volume of Charles Stross's thrill-a-minute saga of multiple worldsMiriam, a hip tech journalist from Boston, discovered her alternate world relatives in The Family Trade, and with them an elite identity she didn't know was hers. Now, in order to avoid a slippery slope down to an unmarked grave, Miriam, known as Lady Helge to the Family, starts applying modern business practices and scientific knowledge to a trade dominated by mercantilists -- with unexpected consequences for three different timelines, including the quasi-Victorian one exploited by the hidden family. Charles Stross is one of the big new SF writers of the 21st century, and the saga of The Merchant Princes is his most ambitious work yet.
language: English
title: The Hidden Family
titlecomplete: The Hidden Family (The Merchant Princes, #2)
genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Business, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Alternate History
ratings_count: 4280
series: The Merchant Princes, Merchant Princes Universe
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Sidewise Award
category: Long Form
publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.