High Vaultage

HIGH VAULTAGE is a joyous, delightful romp through the streets (and omnibuses and frozen, glacial rivers) of Even Greater London. There is no corner of this book that isn’t richly imagined, beautifully rendered, and filled to the brim with clever jokes – perfect for anyone looking for a Pratchett fix! * Caitlin Schneiderhan *
It is everything I hoped it would be (everything the radio show led me to think it would be) and more: a masterly comic writing and a superb piece of worldbuilding, as perfect a piece of neo-Victoriania as I remember since … well, since the actual Victorian epoch, which I remember well. You will laugh, you will cry (with laughter), and most of all you will frantically turn the pages. Unlike Queen Victoria, we are most assuredly amused – Adam Roberts, author of THE THING ITSELF and PURGATORY MOUNT
Electrifying! Full of whimsical humour and unexpected twists, the weird and wonderful world of HIGH VAULTAGE has private detectives and bank heists galore, with a mostly mechanical Queen Victoria thrown in for good measure – Thomas D. Lee, bestselling author of PERILOUS TIMES
Prepare for an electrifying ride through Even Greater London in this delightfully twisted mash-up of Douglas Adams and Charles Dickens. High Vaultage positively crackles with invention and intrigue and I loved every page. Mark my words: Fleet and Clara are destined to join the waxwork hall of fame for all-time great literary detective duos – Helen Marshall, World Fantasy Award-winning author of GIFTS FOR THE ONE WHO COMES AFTER and THE MIGRATION
I LOVED this book … I just loved spending time with Clara and Fleet and revelling in their delightful dialogue and marvelling at the wonders of Even Greater London (then having to go and have a lie-down, obviously), and of course trying to solve the Fiendish Mystery (all the while worrying about the safety of an annoying beagle). I already want to return to Mrs Pomligan’s Coffee House (and Museum of Nearby Horrible Murder) and take another cab to the Thames Glacier, so I’m desperately hoping that there will be more adventures to come… Thank you so much for sending this to me! Also, for any reader who’s already a Victoriocity podcast fan, it’s so great to get to know our favourite characters even more, and their voices come through fantastically vividly. But for anyone new to the world, this is a wonderful introduction to the mysterious mechanical madness that is Even Greater London, and the many Highly Suspicious Goings-On therein. And they have a whole podcast to listen to after they’ve finished! – Sarah Brooks, author of THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS
Very funny … Extremely easy to recommend, especially to fans of Discworld, Dishonoured or Douglas Adams – Alasdair Beckett-King
Wickedly funny, deliriously inventive, delightfully weird. The Sugdens’ Even Greater London is one of the best-realised fantasy playgrounds since Great A’Tuin ambled across the stars with The Discworld on their back – Malcolm Devlin, BSFA-nominated author of YOU WILL GROW INTO THEM
If you put Sherlock Holmes in a blender with Dickens, and then filtered it through a Terry Pratchett filter - the result is a whole lot of fun * Front Row, BBC Radio 4 *
If Douglas Adams … were still alive and wanted to get into podcasting, VICTORIOCITY might likely be something he’d have written * Vulture *
The sheer inventiveness keeps you sleuthing on * The Financial Times *

Chris and Jen Sugden are the creators of the audio drama podcast Victoriocity. Originally from Yorkshire, they met as undergraduates at the University of Oxford and hold PhDs in Science and Technology Studies and Victorian Literature respectively. They were part of the writing team behind Murmurs (BBC Sounds) and have spent many years writing and performing scripted and improvised comedy around the UK. They live in Oxford with their children and two intermittently obedient terriers.

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