Ben Aaronovitch's'Rivers of London'Set For Adaptation By See-Saw,Pure Fiction TelevisionCSI meets Harry Potter in this graphic novel from Ben Aaronovitch - writer of the bestselling Rivers of London supernatural police procedural crime novel series,Andrew Cartmel author of The Vinyl Detective and Celeste Bronfman.Illustrations from a mysterious book of fairy tales drawn in the late 1800s are coming to life in the 21st Century and causing havoc. The illustrations were originally painted by a Victorian artist called Jeter Day who disappeared one night in an enchanted forest when he was spirited away by tree nymphs never to be seen again...Now,with the enchantment accidentally broken by Olympia and Chelsea,daughters of the river goddess Mama Thames,Jeter,twisted by his time spent with the nymphs,has returned to our world bitter and resentful. It is a world he neither recognises nor likes. All he wants is his life returned to him and woe betide any man who stands in his way.With Peter and Nightingale busy on another case,it falls to sisters Olympia and Chelsea with the help of the Foxes to stop Jeter and save the day.
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Publisher: Titan Books LtdISBN: 9781787738591Weight: 369 gDimensions: 257 x 175 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"Beroy,Cabeza,and Llorach make a good team for the art of this book..."The Comicbook Dispatch"A charming story that fits well into the broader world of the Rivers of London series. It is a delightful way to spend time..." - Major Spoilers"The writing was solid throughout,and the art very good,Rivers of London looking and sounding like it always has." - Nerdly
Ben Aaronovitch
Proof positive that a job as a Waterstones bookseller is an inevitable springboard to the bestseller charts,Ben Aaronovitch has built his playful crime and fantasy mash-ups into a hugely popular literary franchise. Beginning with Rivers of London in 2011,the PC Peter Grant series has a dedicated cult following the world over.
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