Cover & Synopsis: “Ack-Ack Macque” by Gareth L. Powell
Amazon has released the cover art and synopsis of the upcoming novel Ack-Ack Macque by Gareth L. Powell.
Here’s the synopsis:
In 1944, as waves of German ninjas parachute into Kent, Britain’s best hopes for victory lie with a Spitfire pilot codenamed ‘Ack-Ack Macaque’. The trouble is, Ack-Ack Macaque is a cynical, one-eyed, cigar-chomping monkey, and he’s starting to doubt everything, including his own existence. A century later, in a world where France and Great Britain merged in the late 1950s and nuclear-powered Zeppelins encircle the globe, ex-journalist Victoria Valois finds herself drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the man who butchered her husband and stole her electronic soul. Meanwhile, in Paris, after taking part in an illegal break-in at a research laboratory, the heir to the British throne goes on the run. And all the while, the doomsday clock ticks towards Armageddon.
Book info as per Amazon US:
- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Solaris (December 26, 2012)
- ISBN-10: 1781080607
- ISBN-13: 978-1781080603
That may be the wildest synopsis I’ve ever read. I have to read that book now. Besides Gareth being a great writer, I mean.