{"product_id":"a-squid-on-the-shoulder-mark-hayes-9798419740808","title":"A Squid on the Shoulder: A Further Hannibal Smyth Misadventure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQueen Victoria is in the 200th year of her reign, and her Glorious British Empire faces a grievous threat due to the Machiavellian machinations of that most notorious instigator of insurrections Herbert George Wells.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo longer an agent of The Ministry, the shadowy branch of the British government that deals with things other Ministries neither need or want to know about. Hannibal Smyth, after fleeing the battle in Tibet, finds himself rescued from certain death after plummeting into the Indian Ocean from a burning airship. Finding out just who has rescued him in their strange craft is only the start of his latest troubles, as he finds himself traveling to the mysterious island of Doctor Musk.\u003cbr\u003eA little known island just to the west of Java called Krakatoa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere Hannibal must brave psychotic razor girls, giant cannons, HG Wells insane daughter, engine room hooch, mad scientists, the ghosts of his failures, active volcanos, and most terrifying of all, French pharmaceuticals...\u003cbr\u003eAll in order to save a friend who holds the secret to his past.\u003cbr\u003eWill he rise to the occasion?\u003cbr\u003eWill he strive bravely against all the odds? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow can he, when he has even lost his trusty cut-throat razor...\u003cp\u003ePraise for A Spider In The Eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\" A must-read for Steampunk fans.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A riveting roller coaster of a book.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...keep's you drawn into the web of the story...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8419740802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798419740808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Mark Hayes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44920083480831,"sku":"9798419740808","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d637c1d-9782-4666-931e-5443c7dedc2e.jpg?v=1710360146","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-squid-on-the-shoulder-mark-hayes-9798419740808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}