Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
She loved her country. She hated zombies.
A E Moorat
- 'There
- were
- many
- staff
- at
- Kensington,
- fulfilling
- many
- roles;
- a
- man
- who
- was
- employed
- to
- catch
- rats,
- another
- whose
- job
- it
- was
- to
- sweep
- the
- chimneys.
- That
- there
- was
- someone
- expected
- to
- hunt
- Demons
- did
- not
- shock
- the
- new
- Queen;
- that
- it
- was
- to
- be
- her
- was
- something
- of
- a
- surprise.'London,
- 1838.
- Queen
- Victoria
- is
- crowned;
- she
- receives
- the
- orb,
- the
- sceptre,
- and
- an
- arsenal
- of
- blood-stained
- weaponry.
- Because
- if
- Britain
- is
- about
- to
- become
- the
- greatest
- power
- of
- the
- age,
- there's
- the
- small
- matter
- of
- the
- demons
- to
- take
- care
- of
- first...But
- rather
- than
- dreaming
- of
- demon
- hunting,
- it
- is
- Prince
- Albert
- who
- occupies
- her
- thoughts.
- Can
- she
- dedicate
- her
- life
- to
- saving
- her
- country
- when
- her
- heart
- belongs
- elsewhere?
- With
- lashings
- of
- glistening
- entrails,
- decapitations,
- and
- foul
- demons,
- this
- masterly
- new
- portrait
- will
- give
- a
- fresh
- understanding
- of
- a
- remarkable
- woman,
- a
- legendary
- monarch,
- and
- quite
- possibly
- the
- best
- Demon
- Hunter
- the
- world
- has
- ever
- seen
- .
- .
- .A
- E
- Moorat
- weaves
- a
- seamlessly
- lurid
- tapestry
- of
- royal
- biography,
- gothic
- horror
- and
- fist-gnawing
- comedy
- as
- he
- lifts
- the
- veil
- on
- what
- really
- took
- place
- on
- the
- dark
- and
- cobbled
- streets
- of
- 19th-century England.
