Аннотация

It is 1863, but not the one it should be. Time has veered wildlyoff course, and now the first moves are being made that will leadto a devastating world war and the fall of the British Empire. Theprime minister, Lord Palmerston, believes that by using the threeEyes of Naga—black diamonds possessing unique properties—he’ll beable to manipulate events and avoid the war. He already has two ofthe stones, but the third is hidden somewhere in the Mountains ofthe Moon, the fabled source of the Nile. Palmerston sends SirRichard Francis Burton to recover it. For the king’s agent, it’s achance to redeem himself after his previous failed attempt to findthe source of the great river. That occasion had led to betrayal byhis partner, John Hanning Speke. Now Speke is leading a rivalexpedition on behalf of the Germans, and it seems that the battlebetween the former friends may ignite the very war that Palmerstonis trying to avoid! Caught in a tangled web of cause, effect, andinevitability, little does Burton realize that the stakes are farhigher than even he suspects. A final confrontation comes in themist-shrouded Mountains of the Moon, in war- torn Africa of 1914,and in Green Park, London, where, in the year 1840, Burton mustface the man responsible for altering time: Spring Heeled Jack!Burton and Swinburne’s third adventure is filled with eccentricsteam-driven technology, grotesque characters, and bizarre events,completing the three-volume story arc begun in The Strange Affairof Spring Heeled Jack and The Curious Case of the ClockworkMan.