TERROR ON THE TITANIC A MORNINGSTAR AGENCY ADVENTURE

A breath-taking, spine-chilling historical fantasy featuring monsters, aliens, and much, much more! ‘I turned to Genevieve, and my jaw dropped. She was struggling in the arms of a great beast. The creature’s head was snake-like, its tongue long and forked, a single eye, slit-pupilled, in the centre of its forehead. It opened its great mouth as if it meant to swallow her alive’ In 1912, when Nathaniel Brown, an agent with the Morningstar Agency, boards the Titanic, his mission is simple: he must prevent the Eye of Empire, a stolen jewel with untold powers, from reaching America. Nathaniel is a young man of many talents, he can speak to animals, and he has incredibly sharp senses and the skills of many jungle creatures. But between him and the jewel stands guard the burning-eyed and inhumanly strong Bavarian; and on his trail are the Parloks, horrific Beasts prepared to tear him to shreds in their quest for the Eye. With the help of Genevieve, a distractingly beautiful Morningstar agent with a mysterious past and an assortment of ingenious gadgets, Nathaniel must overcome all obstacles and complete his mission. For, the fate of the world hangs in balance. Interesting Facts Samit Basu is India’s biggest name in science fiction and fantasy. This is his first book for younger readers. Featuring the son of Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli as the hero, this book will appeal to all readers of historical fiction and SFF, not only young adults. One of Red Turtle’s lead titles of the year, the book will have considerable marketing and promotion support behind it. First published in 2010, the book immediately acquired bestseller status. This revised edition will continue to build on that success. Praises for the Book ‘To say I couldn’t put this down is an understatement: I barely breathed. With a straight face and rapier wit, Samit Basu introduces us to Nathaniel Brown and his spine-chilling, hold-your-breath-thrilling adventures.’—Wendy Orr, author of Nim’s Island ‘[M]onstrous other-world uglies, Mowgli’s son as a hero, a trans-Atlantic chase for a gem that only ever leaves death and destruction in its wake…With a very witty commentary to boot’—IBNLive ‘All fans of outrageously inventive fantasy fiction can rejoice as Samit Basu is back with Terror on the Titanic’—The Hindu ‘Facts mix with Samit’s taut, humour-laden style’—Bangalore Mirror ‘Basu brings his trademark wit and expansive imagination to this unusual historical fantasy’—Jabberwock

Product details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rupa Publications India (1 December 2013)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8129129673
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 144 g
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm

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 Samit Basu

Samit Basu is an Indian novelist, known mainly for SF and fantasy work. His most recent novel, the anti-dystopian near-future The City Inside (Tordotcom, ’22) was on the Washington Post and Book Riot best SFF of 2022 lists and earlier shortlisted for the 2020 JCB Prize (India) as Chosen Spirits.

Samit’s first novel, The Simoqin Prophecies, published by Penguin India in 2003, when Samit was 23, was the first book in the bestselling Gameworld Trilogy and marked the beginning of Indian English fantasy writing. His UK/US debut was the superhero novel Turbulence (Titan books).

He also works as a film director/screenwriter (Netflix), comics writer, children’s writer, columnist and essayist.

Samit runs a newsletter, Duck of Dystopia (samit.substack.com) and can be found on social media at @samitbasu, and at samitbasu.com