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The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives by Blaylock James P. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"A good deal of controversy arose late in the last century over what has been referred to by the more livid newspapers as 'The Horror in St. James Park' or 'The Ape-box Affair'...."<br> <br> So begins the first chronicle in the long and often obscure life of Langdon St. Ives, Victorian scientist and adventurer, respected member of the Explorers Club and of societies far more obscure, consultant to scientific luminaries, and secret, unheralded savior of humankind. From the depths of the Borneo jungles to the starlit reaches of outer space, and ultimately through the dark corridors of past and future time, the adventures of Langdon St. Ives invariably lead him back to the streets and alleys of the busiest, darkest, most secretive city in the world -- London in the age of steam and gaslamps, with the Thames fog settling in over the vast city of perpetual evening. St. Ives, in pursuit of the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, discovers the living horror of revivified corpses, the deep sea mystery of a machine with the power to drag ships to their doom, and the appalling threat of a skeleton-piloted airship descending toward the city of London itself, carrying within its gondola a living
Who reads The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Blaylock James P.
- Publisher
- SUBTERRANEAN PRESS
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781596063457
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fantasy, Other Fantasy Fiction Categories, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.59 / 5 (135 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14