Books & Books is proud to present an evening with Elizabeth Chatsworth discussing her new novel, Grand Tour: The Brass Queen II (CamCat Books, $29.99).
***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event.
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Date and time
Starts on Monday, April 29 · 8pm EDT
Location
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables, FL 33134
About this event
About the Book:
The grass was always greener in another dimension.
In a fantastical steam-powered world, eccentric aristocrat and secret arms dealer, Miss Constance Haltwhistle, has been blackmailed into stealing alien artifacts from the crown heads of Europe. Only the shady but annoyingly handsome US spy, “Liberty” Trusdale, can help her execute her perfect palace heists. As Constance creates chaos and mayhem across the Continent, monstrous creatures are plotting an interdimensional invasion of Earth. Will Constance and Trusdale stop bickering long enough to end the war of the worlds before it starts?
You can add the novel to your wishlist on BookBub or your TBR list on Goodreads today!
About the Author:
Elizabeth Chatsworth is a British author based in New Hampshire who writes of rogues, rebels, and renegades across time and space. From Victorian sensibilities to interstellar travel, she’ll send you on a cosmic adventure filled with quirky characters and a touch of humor. Elizabeth’s Science Fiction and Fantasy works have won the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award™ Gold and the Writers Of The Future Contest. She’s the author of The Brass Queen, an award-winning gaslamp fantasy series set in an alternate Victorian age. When she’s not writing, Elizabeth works as a voiceover actor. There’s a rumor that she possesses the world’s best scone recipe. Contact her at www.elizabethchatsworth.com to see if it’s true!
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THE TRADE REVIEWS ARE IN!
Publisher’s Weekly Review:
Chatsworth returns to the bustling Victorian steampunk world of The Brass Queen in this entertaining sequel. After Constance Haltwhistle’s quest to find a husband goes awry and Haltwhistle Hall vanishes into another dimension, the British Museum’s military arm, the Royal Antiquities Tactical Team, demands that Constance return the house and the artifacts within it by week’s end or she and her servants will be killed. To open a portal back to her own dimension, Constance must collect five Enigma Keys scattered across Europe, a quest that sends her and her crew trotting from England to France, Italy, and Switzerland staging logic-defying heists. Chatsworth concocts a delightful blend of magic and science, creating a world filled with parallel dimensions and alien invasions. The whiff of danger is enough to raise the stakes without ever deflating the whimsy. Series fans and new readers alike will tear through this action-packed, twist-filled romp.
Library Journal Review:
Constance Haltwhistle may be a blue-blooded rogue, but at least she is one of her own making. Under her moniker “the Brass Queen,” she continues to create and sell arms, but she still hopes to enjoy a bit of a European vacation with her airship crew, including her cousin Welli and U.S. spy Liberty Trusdale. When Constance is blackmailed into stealing alien artifacts from the royal heads in Europe, her chaotic schemes put them on a collision course with old enemies and some new friends, right in the middle of a plan for interdimensional invasion by unworldly creatures. As Constance and Liberty dance around their feelings for each other, both hold secrets that could affect any future relationship. The supporting characters, including Constance’s dog, Boo, all play integral parts throughout the story, and Chatsworth intertwines Victorian history with steam-powered airships and alien dimensions in her incredible world.
VERDICT: In the sequel to The Brass Queen, the vivid worldbuilding and delightful characters create an epic setting. Chatsworth pushes the dialogue and banter to extremes, leading to a fast-paced and humorous steampunk tale.
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Author Reviews:
“I loved The Brass Queen.” —Genevieve Cogman, author of the Invisible Library series
“Lush, exciting, and endlessly inventive . . .” —Cherie Priest, award-winning author of Boneshaker, on The Brass Queen