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Book SynopsisIt is the dawn of the twentieth century.
Following the Martians' failed invasion of Earth, the British Empire has seized their technology and unlocked its secrets for themselves. It is a Golden Age of discovery, adventure, culture, invention—and of domination, and rebellion.
Scarlet Traces reveals a world of ant-headed nightmares; vacuum salesmen; war machines; deadly secrets; clockwork marvels; and Sherlock Holmes, T. S. Eliot and Thomas Edison as you've never seen them before...
Including stories by Stephen Baxter, I. N. J. Culbard, Adam Roberts, Emma Beeby, James Lovegrove, Nathan Duck, Mark Morris, Dan Whitehead, Chris Roberson, Maura McHugh, Jonathan Green and Andrew Lane.
Trade Review"This is exceptional: scathing socio-political satire made sweet by being British speculative fiction through and through." * Page 45 * "A saga over a decade in the making" * Comicon.com * "A series that increases its dramatic and imaginative scope with every step. It's clever, accessible, scary, thought-provoking and thrilling, all wrapped up in a beautiful package" * Grovel.org.uk * "a showcase for D'Israeli's art, every face a moment of peace or panic in a vividly identifiable style, traditional in its framing but radically expressive in the figurework. It's a very productive friction, beefing up a robust science-fiction air for the Wells adaptation and emphasising the physical impact of Martian war machines, laying waste to pastoral Surrey and ingesting plenty of the population." * Tripwire (On Scarlet Traces comics) * 'A vivid and exciting version of the original story combined with a wonderful sequel' * Starburst Magazine * 'A uniquely strange and absorbing body of work' * AV Club (on Scarlet Traces comic) *
Table of Contents
- Introduction, Ian Edginton
- Going Up the Blue, Stephen Baxter
- Something Sweet in the Superstitions, I. N. J. Culbard
- The Martian Waste Land, Adam Roberts
- The Menagerie, Emma Beeby
- The Adventure of the Wheezing Man, James Lovegrove
- Voice for a Generation, Nathan Duck
- Spitting Blood, Mark Morris
- The Alarmist, Dan Whitehead
- Last Shot, Chris Roberson
- The Mechanical Marionette Mob, Maura McHugh
- Wonderful Things, Jonathan Green
- Red Frame, White Heat, Andrew Lane
