Thirty years ago, in the reign of Victoria, London was stolen by bats. Now it lies a mile below the surface. That’s not important. What’s important is the vast black sea beyond London; a sea which is yours to explore…
Welcome to the dark and hilarious Victorian-Gothic underworld of Fallen London, where every choice has a consequence, from the style of your hat to the price of your soul. Except this time around, the Unterzee is your oyster. With luck and skill you may achieve your ambitions: find your father’s bones, found a pirate princedom or sail into the strangeness at time’s heart.
I was brought in as a guest writer on this one, and then pretty much just refused to leave. By the end, I’d designed and written the major ports of The Empire of Hands, Saviour’s Rocks, the second half of Pigmote Isle, Nook, and the Gant Pole, as well as the Merciless Modiste, the Haunted Doctor, and the Pirate Poet. I also wrote and designed the post-release Christmas story in The Service of Mr Sacks, and its creepy follow-up, What Snow Might Become, starring the most disturbing animated snow child in the Neath. The only one, admittedly. But somehow, it still deserves a trophy…
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