Arabella and the battle of Venus

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Title:

Arabella and the battle of Venus

Author:

Levine, David D., 1961- author.

Series:

Adventures of Arabella Ashby ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Arabella's wedding plans to marry Captain Singh of the Honorable Mars Trading Company are interrupted when her fiancé 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 Fouché, 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 Fouché, and the entire French army, from completing their emperor's mandate.

General Note:

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

416 pages ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Alternative histories (Fiction)

Steampunk fiction.

Subject Term:

Life on other planets -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Venus (Planet) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Tor,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9780765382825

Publication Information:

New York : Tor, 2017.

Call Number:

LEVINE

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Summary

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 fiancé 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 Fouché, 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 Fouché, and the entire French army, from completing their emperor's mandate.

Author Notes

David D. Levine is the author of novel Arabella of Mars (Tor 2016) and over fifty science fiction and fantasy stories. His story "Tk'Tk'Tk"won the Hugo Award in 2006, and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. His stories have appeared in Asimov's , Analog , F&SF , numerous Year's Best anthologies, and his award-winning collection Space Magic . He lives in a hundred-year-old bungalow in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Charming young Arabella (introduced in Arabella of Mars) embarks on another entertaining quest in an imaginative setting that combines 19th-century seafaring with pulp-style space adventure. This time she's setting out to rescue her fiancé from a prison camp on the planet Venus, where Napoleon's forces are holding him and his crew. To do so she employs the help of a dashing and impulsive privateer, Captain Fox. The journey to Venus is pretty slow-paced, but the scheming and deprivation within the prison camp bring the plot back up to speed, and Arabella makes good use of her creativity and collaboration skills to save the day. This interesting piece of speculative fiction draws on venerable imaginings of distant worlds while still feeling fresh and original, especially to the younger readers who are its most likely audience. Agent: Paul Lucas, Janklow & Nesbit. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Napoleon Bonaparte has escaped from the Moon, and Arabella Ashby learns that her fiancé, Capt. Prakash Singh, and his crew have been captured and imprisoned by the French on Venus. Arabella must find a way to get to the enemy-controlled planet, then release her captain through either bribery or a fight. She enlists the less-than-inspiring privateer Capt. Daniel Fox and his ship Touchstone, but Arabella's brother insists their straitlaced neighbor, Lady -Corey, accompany her as chaperone. Arriving on Venus, Arabella soon discovers that -Napoleon has developed a secret weapon that could change the course of the war; can Arabella, Singh, and Fox, drawing on their skills and wiles, stop him? VERDICT Levine's sophomore work (after the Nebula Award--winning Arabella of Mars) brings back his plucky heroine and introduces charismatic characters for another engaging steampunk adventure among the stars.-KC © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.