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    Plague: The Old Lady of the Skies: Episode One
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    Plague: The Old Lady of the Skies: Episode One

    By Peter Oxley

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    Before the Infernal Aether there was... The Old Lady of the Skies.
    Venice, 1855
    Augustus Potts is lost and confused.
    A young man adrift, friendless in an alien continent, running from his mistakes and towards... he doesn't know.
    Until a chance encounter with a renegade aristocratic airship captain sends him headlong into a conspiracy which strikes at the heart of nineteenth century Venice. A terrible plot which could threaten the whole world.
    Can the unlikely allies unravel the mystery before it's too late?
    Plague: The Old Lady of the Skies Episode One. A novella from the universe of the Infernal Aether. If you enjoy cracking adventures, glamorous locations and fantastic steampunk machines, then you'll love Plague. Get it now and start the adventure today!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBurning Chair Publishing
    Release dateAug 28, 2019
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    Plague: The Old Lady of the Skies: Episode One
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    Peter Oxley

    A wedding speech veteran with over 25 years of public speaking experience, Peter Oxley has drawn on extensive experience presenting in a variety of situations, as well as the secrets of the professionals, to write a book which is relevant to all wedding speakers - father of the bride, mother of the bride, groom, bride, best man, maid of honour and bridesmaids. An author of fiction as well as non-fiction, with The Infernal Aether, the first in a series about demons in Victorian London, now for sale at online retailers.

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