num_pages: 413
description: Following in the fine tradition of Felix Gilmans spectacularly reviewed Half Made World comes a sweeping tale of Victorian science fiction space exploration and planetary romance.In 1893 a storm sweeps through London while Arthur Shawa young astronomer with a side career writing fictionis at work in British Museum Reading Room. The storm wreaks unprecedented damage throughout London. Its aftermath of the storm Arthurs prime literary market closes owing him money and all his debts come due at once. His fiance Jo takes a job as a stenographer for some of the fashionable spiritualist and occult societies of fin de sicle London society. Meanwhile Arthur deciphers an encoded newspaper ad seeking able young men. It seems to be a clerking job doing accounting work but the mysterious head man Mr. Gacewell offers Arthur a starting position at a salary many times what any clerk could expect. The work is long and peculiar and the men spend all day performing unnerving calculations that make them hallucinate or even go mad...but the salary is compelling.Things are beginning to look up when the wages of dabbling in the esoteric suddenly come due: a war breaks out between competing magical societies and Arthur interrupts Jo in the middle of an elaborate occult exploration. This rash move turns out to be dire as Jos consciousness is stranded at the outer limits of the occultists psychic day trip. Which Arthur is chagrinned
language: English
title: The Revolutions
publisher: Tor Books