Time's Arrow
- ISBN-10
- 184997456X
- ISBN-13
- 9781849974561
- Series
- Time's Arrow
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-11-08
- Publisher
- Abaddon Books
- Author
- Jonathan Green
Description
A RACE AGAINST TIME! Paris. City of lights. City of lovers. City of dreams. Yet if one man gets his way, its inhabitants will soon be forced to endure a nightmare such as they have never known. Hero of the British Empire Ulysses Quicksilver is determined to stand in his way... even as he returns from the past to appear on the scene of a horrific murder! Before he can hope to rescue the French capital from its fate, Ulysses must go on the run and track down the real killer. His intention: to clear his good name, and get back to England in one piece. And quickly, for the love of his life is about to take a most ill-advised trip to the Moon. Can Quicksilver stop the terrorist known only as ?Le Papillon??
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