Leopold Orso and The Case of the Bloody Tree: The Sublime Electricity. The Prequel

By Pavel Kornev

This is a short-story prequel to The Sublime Electricity series. To check out the other books of the series.
UPON BEING promoted to the rank of detective constable of the New Babylon Police, Leopold Orso had no idea that, from then on, he would have to track down succubae, exorcise poltergeists and hunt for werebeasts. But, even after grappling with the supernatural had become routine, he was still thrown into a trembling fear every time he thought back on his first investigation: The Case of the Bloody Tree.
The Second Empire stretches from ocean to ocean. Army dirigibles hum through the heavens, and its waters are furrowed by steamships. But above all else, the power of the state is derived from industry. So one day, when workers start disappearing from a nearby factory, the New Babylon Criminal Investigation Department takes up the case. But, the detectives have no idea what horrors the acrid char of factory smokestacks can awaken...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Magic Dome Books
• Release date: Jun 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9788088231806

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Leopold Orso and the Case of the Bloody Tree

Sublime Electricity: The Prequel

by Pavel Kornev

Magic Dome Books

Leopold Orso and The Case of the Bloody Tree

(Sublime Electricity: The Prequel)

Copyright © Pavel Kornev 2017

Cover Art © Vladimir Manyukhin 2017

Translator © Andrew Schmitt 2017

Published by Magic Dome Books, 2018

All Rights Reserved

ISBN: 978-80-88231-80-6

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UPON BEING promoted to the rank of detective constable of the New Babylon Police, Leopold Orso had no idea that from then on, he would have to track down succubae, exorcise poltergeists and hunt for werebeasts. But, even after grappling with the supernatural had become routine, he was still thrown into a trembling fear every time he thought back on his first investigation: The Case of the Bloody Tree.

The Second Empire stretches from ocean to ocean. Army dirigibles hum through the heavens, and its waters are furrowed by steamships. But above all else, the power of the state is derived from industry. So one day, when workers start disappearing from a nearby factory, the New Babylon Criminal Investigation Department takes up the case. But, the detectives have no idea what horrors the acrid char of factory smokestacks can awaken...

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TWO SHORT horn-blasts, and the bench jerked forward. The windows clacked, and the walls of the train started to creak. With a lurch, the train started off on its way, slowly picking up speed and leaving the depot's platform behind. The steam train threw wisps of black smoke into the air; they enshrouded the vehicle in a gray haze, which trickled past the windows, causing a tickling in the throat. I coughed.

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