FICTION

The Osiris Curse

by Paul CRILLEY
295p. (A Tweed & Nightingale Adventure). PYR. 2013. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781616148577; ebk. $11.99. ISBN 9781616148584.
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Gr 8 Up—Set in an alternative Victorian London, this sequel to The Lazarus Machine (PYR, 2012) continues the adventures of odd-couple Sebastian Tweed and Octavia Nightingale. The teens both have missing parents and are being raised by the state and trained as spies. Tweed is also coming to terms with his discovery that he is actually a simulacrum of the great Sherlock Holmes, whose soul was put into his body as a baby. Humorous banter and lively action scenes keep the story entertaining as the heroes journey to Egypt (on a luxury airship, no less) to try to solve the murder of Nikola Tesla and prevent a war. There are a lot of thrills, a hint of romance, and a mystery. Purchase this one where the first book is popular or where there is heavy demand for creative steampunk.—Eliza Langhans, Hatfield Public Library, MA
The crisp dialogue between Tweed and Nightingale (The Lazarus Machine), romantically entangled teenage secret Ministry agents, is this second volume's stand-out feature. A tangled mystery springing from Nikola Tesla's murder is set in a steampunk world filled with airships, deathrays, an unknown race dwelling below the earth, and plenty of action, albeit of the interesting rather than plausible sort.
Reviewed by Eliza Langhans , Jan 01, 2014

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