The Merchant Princes #2

The Hidden Family

charles stross

The second volume of Charles Stross's thrill-a-minute saga of multiple worlds

Miriam, a hip tech journalist from Boston, discovered her alternate world relatives in The Family Trade, and with them an elite identity she didn't know was hers. Now, in order to avoid a slippery slope down to an unmarked grave, Miriam, known as Lady Helge to the Family, starts applying modern business practices and scientific knowledge to a trade dominated by mercantilists -- with unexpected consequences for three different timelines, including the quasi-Victorian one exploited by the hidden family. Charles Stross is one of the big new SF writers of the 21st century, and the saga of The Merchant Princes is his most ambitious work yet.

Genres fantasyscience fictionfictionalternate historyurban fantasyaudiobooksteampunkscience fiction fantasyspeculative fictioncontemporary

309 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1,2005

Series

The Merchant Princes

Literary awards

prometheus hall of fame award, sidewise award,

This edition

Format: 309 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: January 1, 2006 by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.
ISBN: 9780765352057
ASIN: B0074CTR38
Language: English

About the author

charles stross

Charles David George "Charlie" Stross is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. His works range from science fiction and Lovecraftian horror to fantasy.

Stross is sometimes regarded as being part of a new generation of British science fiction writers who specialise in hard science fiction and space opera. His contemporaries include Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod, Liz Williams and Richard Morgan.

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