{"product_id":"the-aylesford-skull-isbn-9781781167601","title":"The Aylesford Skull","description":"It  is the summer of 1883 and Professor Langdon St. Ives - brilliant but  eccentric scientist and explorer - is at home in Aylesford with his  family. However, a few miles to the north a steam launch has been taken  by pirates above Egypt Bay; the crew murdered and pitched overboard. In  Aylesford itself a grave is opened and possibly robbed of the skull. The  suspected grave robber, the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, is an old  nemesis of Langdon St. Ives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Dr. Narbondo returns to kidnap  his four-year-old son Eddie and then vanishes into the night, St. Ives  and his factotum Hasbro race to London in pursuit... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first new steampunk novel in over twenty years from one of the genre's founding fathers!\u003ci\u003ePraise for James P. Blaylock:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A singular American fabulist.\" - \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gibson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Difference Engine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Blaylock is a magician!\" - \u003cb\u003eMichael Swanwick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Blaylock's prose is so rich it literally sings!\" - \u003cb\u003eCharles de Lint\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Blaylock is better than anyone else at showing us the magic that secretly animates our world...\" - \u003cb\u003eTim Powers, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Stranger Tides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"While many recent novels have picked up the steampunk banner, this one fully delivers, offering action, farce, tender relationships, and prose full of genuine Victorian cadence and flavor.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e [on \u003ci\u003eThe Affair of the Chalk Cliffs\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"St. Ives has to be one of the most fleshed out Victorian characters ever written, and I’m sincerely hoping that Blaylock isn’t finished with this scientist adventurer.\u003ci\u003e The Aylesford Skull \u003c\/i\u003ecan easily stand alone without any knowledge of Blaylock’s previous steampunk stories, but you’ll want to hunt down additional St. Ives tales, I’m for certain.\" – \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWired.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames P. Blaylock\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the founding fathers of modern steampunk along with fellow  writers and friends Tim Powers and K.W. Jeter. He has won the World  Fantasy and Philip K. Dick Awards. Blaylock lives in Orange, CA with his  wife - they have two sons.","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302215635173,"sku":"NP9781781167601","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781781167601.jpg?v=1767738241","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-aylesford-skull-isbn-9781781167601","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}