Arabella and the Battle of Venus
The thrilling adventures of Arabella Ashby continue in the second book in Hugo-winning author David D. Levine's swashbuckling sci-fi, alt-history series!
The swashbuckling Arabella Ashby is back for brand new adventure in the ongoing story of her life among the stars.
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.
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David D. Levine
David D. Levine is the author of more than fifty science fiction and fantasy stories. His story "Tk'Tk'Tk"won the Hugo Award in 2006, and he has been shortlisted for such awards as the Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. His stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, five Year's Best anthologies, and his award-winning collection Space Magic. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Kate Yule. Arabella of Mars is his first novel.
The Adventures of Arabella Ashby
The Adventures of Arabella Ashby consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
