Intelligence agent Lucy
Harker receives the most dangerous job in the world — keeping Winston Churchill
safe in the Great War. Despite her unique abilities as Dracula's daughter, she
loses Churchill to Kaiser Wilhelm's inhuman allies. If she's to recover Britain's
greatest leader, Agent Harker must gain the aid of her Austrian lover, Countess
Karnstein — better known as Carmilla. But the notorious vampire is keeping
secrets that might doom the British Empire.
The Adventure of The Dux
Bellorum (Feminism SF)
By Cynthia Ward
Aqueduct Press
ISBN #978-1619751537
Price $12.00 (Paperback)
Price $5.95 (Kindle)
156 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
In this alternate history of
WWI, Lucy Harker is ordered by M of the British Secret Service to guard Lt/Col
Winston Churchill while he resides with his men on the front lines. Dr. Kruger,
the German scientist who fights against the allies, has created a pack of
wolfmen, and they attack Lucy, leaving her dead, and carrying off Churchill.
When her lover arrives and brings Lucy back to life, they set off searching for
Dr. Kruger’s new lab in the mountains. Here a fierce battle ensues, and
single-handed, Lucy fights and kills the Mahars of Pellucidar and pterodactyls
before reaching Churchill, and we see Lucy in magnificent form. You see, Lucy
is a dhampir – a vampire killer.
This well written short novel
is a sequel to The Adventures of the Incognita Countess. Lucy’s father was
actually Dracula, but she is also related to Sherlock Homes and has his
investigative ability, plus we see men and women, British and German, react to
the British spy. The fight in the mountains with Mahars and pterodactyls shows
her true strength and ability against great odds. I can highly recommend this
book for its great characterization and action in an alternate universe.
Tom
Johnson
Author
of The Masked Avenger
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